CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: AT THE SECOND SESSION, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CITY OF NEW- YORK, ON MONDAY THE FOURTH OF JANUARY, ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY. AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SUPPORT OF GOVERNMENT, FOR THE YEAR OF ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY [caption title]

[New York]: Printed by Francis Childs and John Swain, 1790. One leaf, [2]pp. Small folio. Dbd. Small contemporary numerical inscriptions. Three small tears, between 1/4 and 1/2 inch in length, at edges, else near fine. "Approved, March 26th, 1790." Congressional printing of an act passed by the second session of the First Congress, the last session to be held in New York. The law allocates monies collected from duties on imports and tonnage for various federal expenses, including officials' pay, pensions for invalids, the building of a lighthouse at Cape Henry, Virginia, and compensation to Jehoiakim McToksin for his services as a guide and interpreter on the Sullivan Expedition. Signed in print by Speaker of the House Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, John Adams, and George Washington. NAIP and OCLC together locate four copies, at the American Antiquarian Society, Indiana University, the University of Michigan, and Yale. Rare. BRISTOL B7570. SHIPTON & MOONEY 46044. ESTC W14373.