COMMUNICATION OF THE GOVERNOR OF WISKONSAN, AS ONE OF THE BRANCHES OF THE LEGISLATURE, TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, IN RELATION TO THE RIGHT OF THE LEGISLATURE TO HOLD A SESSION ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN DECEMBER, 1842

Madison: Harrison Reed, Printer, 1842. 8pp, an untrimmed and uncut folio leaf, widely margined. A blank corner chip, and clipped at the blank lower forecorner of page 7. Very Good.

A rare, early Wisconsin territorial imprint, printing Governor Doty's request for Congress's advice whether the Territorial Act of 1836 authorized a Legislative Session in December. The Territorial Act established the maximum number of days for the legislature to sit "in any year." Governor Doty explains that if, as he contended, the word "year" meant "calendar year," no Session was permissible. Moreover, he adds, no appropriations existed for such a Session.
FIRST EDITION. AII [WI] 132. OCLC 60342327 [1- WI Hist, Soc.] as of May 2024.