The laws of the United States of America
Subtitle: In three volumes ... : Published by authority
Contributors: Swift, Zephaniah, 1759-1823; Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner; Boston Public Library) John Adams Library
Publisher: Printed by Richard Folwell ...
Published: 1796
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Treaties; Law; Session laws; Foreign relations
Work titles: Laws, etc
Notes: Acts of the 1st-4th Congresses.

Vol. 3 (Evans 32973) has imprint date of 1796, but contains the acts of the 2nd session of the 4th Congress, in session until March of 1797.

Errata : v.3, p. [1] (2nd count).

Index and digest at end of vol. 3, compiled by Zephaniah Smith. --cf. Evans.

Includes the Constitution and the texts of several treaties.

Printer's advertisements: v. 1, p. [495], v. 2, p. 576 and v. 3, p. [131].

Vol. 1-3 called: Folwell edition. Continued with 8 more volumes.

Signatures: v. 1, [A]⁴ B-3Q⁴ (3Q4 verso blank); v. 2, [A]⁴ B-4C⁴; v. 3, [A]⁴ B-4G⁴.

Most volumes issued in multiple printings. --cf. Checklist.

John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.

ESTC, W20624

Evans, 31356

Evans, 32973

Checklist of U.S. public documents, 1789-1909, p. 962-963

Also available on microfilm. Woodbridge, CT : Research Publications, Inc., 1986. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 5708, no. 01).

Also available on microfiche. Buffalo : Hein, [1993?]. 74 microfiches : negative. (Hein's Early Federal Laws).

John Adams Library copy transferred from the supervisors of the Temple and School Fund. Quincy, Mass., 1894.