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UNITED STATES-FIRST CONGRESS] Journal of the Second Session of the Senate of the United States. Begun and Held at New-York January 4th, 1790... New-York: John Fenno, 1790. First edition, early issue with p. 222-224 incorrectly numbered. Contemporary calf over marbled boards, the upper cover with the title in manuscript. 12 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches (32.7 x 19.5 cm); 220 pp., with the 3 pp. "Acts and Resolutions" misnumbered 122-124, retains blanks. Bookplate of the Northern Academy of Arts and Sciences to pastedown and the discrete blindstamp of Dartmouth College Library to title and other places, stamp of Bar Association to verso of title, overall a very clean copy but with some faint foxing to first and final leaves, the binding sound but hinges tender and the spine with small losses. Evans 22982; Together with Journal of the Third Session... Philadelphia: Fenno, 1791. First edition. Contemporary calf. 12 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches (32 x 17.5 cm); 203 pp., retains blanks. With bookplate and blind/ink stamps as above, some spotting, small stains to title, joints cracked, wear to binding. Evans 23901. The second session of the first congress includes important acts such as those regarding laws in the territory south of the Ohio River, the approved the creation of the seat of government in Washington, D.C., the first census, and treatites with the Indians. The third session includes the acts to admit Kentucky and Vermont into the Union as new states. C The New York City Bar Association