Congress of the United States, begun and held at the city of New-York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine.
Subtitle: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives ... that it be recommended to the legislatures of the several states to pass laws, making it expressly the duty of the keepers of their gaols, to receive and safe keep therein all prisoners committed under the authority of the United States ..
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 45721.
Publisher: Printed by Childs and Swaine
Published: 1789
Place of publication: [New York
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: Prisons -- Law and legislation -- United States.; Prisons -- United States -- Officials and employees.
Notes: "Approved, September the 23d, 1789."

Francis Childs and John Swaine were printers to the Congress in 1789.

Bristol B7095.

Shipton & Mooney 45721.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 45721)