THE FIRST ACT PASSED BY CONGRESS

first-act-mh.jpg“An ACT to regulate the Time and Manner of administering certain Oaths”Also, the Presbyterian Church congratulates General Washington upon being elected our nation’s first president….with his reply in its entirety!

Gazette of the United States, New York City
June 6, 1789

Page four publishes the very first Congressional Act, and is signed in type: “George Washington, President of the United States.” The Act required that Senators, Representatives, and other officials would be sworn into office by the administering of their oath.

4 pp., very good. Normal foxing spots on the front page and page two not affecting text readability–they look more prominent in the scan. The Gazette of the United States was the “unofficial” organ of the Federalist Party of George Washington, John Adams and Alexander Hamilton.

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Posted by mmitchell | Filed Under All Historic Newspapers, Early America