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AMERICA - ACTS OF CONGRESS
Acts Passed at the Second Congress of the United States of America, Begun and Held at the City of Philadelphia... On Monday, the Twenty-fourth of October, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-one, FIRST EDITION, Philadelphia, Francis Childs and John Swaine, [1793]

27 November 2018, 13:00 GMT
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AMERICA - ACTS OF CONGRESS

Acts Passed at the Second Congress of the United States of America, Begun and Held at the City of Philadelphia... On Monday, the Twenty-fourth of October, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-one, FIRST EDITION, final 2 leaves of index working loose, indecipherable ownership name in red ink on title, later calf retaining original red gilt morocco spine label [ESTC W14416, 7 copies; Evans, 26295], 8vo, Philadelphia, Francis Childs and John Swaine, [1793]

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Provenance: ?"El Chouaille", early ink name beside a couple of underlings to a passage captioned "To settle with Vermont".

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