Debates in the House of Representatives of the United States, during the first session of the Fourth Congress ...
Contributors: Force, Peter, 1790-1868, former owner.; American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress); Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress); Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed for Benj. Franklin Bache, by Bioren & Madan ...
Published: 1796
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 386
Subjects: United States. Congress. House -- Powers and duties.; Great Britain.; Treaty-making power -- United States.
Description: Jay's treaty is the name of the treaty between Great Britain and the U.S., concluded by John Jay on Nov. 19, 1794, ratified June 24, 1795, and containing provisions for the surrender to the U.S. of the military posts, the settlement of the Eastern boundary, and the payment of claims by the Americans, among the other provisions.
Notes: LC copy has inscription in ink on t.p.: Peter Force.
Evans 31351-31352
LC copy bound in 1 v.
Table of contents: title: (from t.p.) part I. Upon the constitutional powers of the House, with respect to treaties; title: part II. Upon the subject of the British treaty.