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Jefferson signed Congressional Act issued while Congress met in New York
Thomas Jefferson Act of Congress Signed as Secretary of
State. One printed page, 9 1/8 x 13 1/8 inches; City of New
York; January 4, 1790. Official printing of "an ACT to continue in
Force an Act passed in the last Session of Congress, intitled,
"An Act to regulate Processes in the Courts of the United
States," passed by the 1st Congress of the United States during
its second session as a continuation of earlier legislation passed
on September 29, 1789.The act reads:
"Be it enacted by the SENATE and HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act, intitled, 'An act to regulate processes in the courts of the United States,' passed on the twenty-ninth day of September last, shall be, and the same is hereby continued in force, until the end of the next session of Congress, and no longer." Signed, "Th: Jefferson" as Secretary of State, and countersigned in type by George Washington as President, John Adams as Vice-President and President of the Senate, and Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg as Speaker of the House. An annotation used as an identification pertaining to Jefferson, "President of the U. S." at bottom left. Matted with an engraving of Jefferson to an overall size of 20 3/4 x 18 1/4 inches.
The U.S. government had been operating under the Articles of Confederation until 1789, but the Articles proved too weak to unify the states effectively. With the newly ratified Constitution, the 1st U.S. Congress would convene at Federal Hall in New York City (temporary capitol until it was moved to Philadelphia in late 1790), where they would start the work to establish the laws, structures, and institutions necessary for the new republic. The Act to Regulate Processes in the Courts of the United States and others like it were part of the foundational efforts to create and stabilize the judicial system in the newly formed United States. The Judiciary Act of 1789 had established the federal judiciary, and acts like this one continued to refine and regulate court processes.
Condition: Toned with offsetting from being folded and matted, and minor foxing along margins. Flattened folds with separations at right margin of upper horizontal fold, and both margins of center horizontal fold, with center fold now fully reinforced on verso. Scattered stains, minor creasing, and edgewear with small tears and chips. Document is hinge mounted along top margin.
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