JOURNAL OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BEING THE FIRST SESSION OF THE SIXTH CONGRESS, BEGAN AND HELD AT THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, DECEMBER 2d, 179
1799 · Philadelphia
by [United States Senate]
Philadelphia: John Fenno, 1799. 336,[2],xx pp. Modern beige paper spine and blue boards. Scattered soiling. Old institutional rubberstamp on verso of titlepage. Good. President Adams' Message and the Senate's response treat - in addition to relations with England and France - "the arts and calumnies of factious designing men" who "have excited open rebellion a second time in Pennsylvania." These unruly Keystoners "have openly resisted the law, directing the valuation of houses and lands." Additionally, the Journal has proceedings resulting from the death of George Washington, including a letter to the Congress from Martha Washington. Much material also appears on Weights and Measures; the Mint; the Judiciary Act [the attempt to repeal it provided the first test of Jefferson's strength in the following year]; the Aurora and its publisher, William Duane, who were charged with having committed seditious libel; Connecticut's cession of the Western Reserve; sale of lands in the Northwest Territory. EVANS 38749 (Inventory #: WRCAM41661)