Whereas Congress in July one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, did authorize the Board of Treasury to contract for the sale of certain lands belonging to the United States ...
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 49421
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1794
Place of publication: [Philadelphia
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Ohio Company (1786-1796); French -- United States; Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Ohio; Gallipolis (Ohio) -- History
Notes: Apparently an early draft of a bill resulting from the petition of the French immigrants at Gallipolis, Ohio, communicated to the Senate on March 24, 1794, concerning lands for which they had contracted with the Ohio Company. A bill for their relief was enacted into law on March 3, 1795, however, the text of the final statute does not resemble this draft; cf. Evans 29702

Printed either by Francis Childs and John Swaine, printers to the Congress in 1794, or by John Fenno, who printed other Congressional bills at this time

With numbered lines

Not in Evans or Bristol

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