Elias Boudinot's Copy of Acts of the Second Session of the First Federal Congress, Including Hamilton's Assumption Plan and Jefferson's Quid-Pro-Quo Moving the Capital South, State Ratifications of the Bill of Rights, and the First State of the Union Address

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Acts Passed at the Second Session of the Congress of the United States of America, Begun and Held at the City of New York, on Monday, the Fourth of January in the Year M,DCC,XC. First Edition (New York: Francis Childs & John Swaine, 1790). 228 pp., 7 1/2 x 11 3/4 in. This compilation of the Acts of Congress was owned and signed by Elias Boudinot, a Congressman from New Jersey who previously served as president of the Articles of Confederation Congress (signing the Treaty of Paris ending the Revolutionary War) and later was appointed by George Washington as the third director of the U.S. Mint.This volume includes laws regarding the first census; naturalization; the creation of the seat of government in Washington, D.C.; the Funding Act that assumed state debts from the Revolutionary War (a key part of Alexander Hamilton's fiscal plan for the new federal government); copyright; commerce with Native Americans; and a tariff, among other topics. The U.S. Congress met in its second session from January 4 to August 12, 1790, at Federal Hall in New York City. This compilation of the Acts of Congress includes laws regarding the first census; naturalization; the creation of the seat of government in Washington, D.C.; the Funding Act that assumed state debts from the Revolutionary War (a key part of Alexander Hamilton's fiscal plan for the new federal government); copyright; commerce with Native Americans; and a tariff, among other topics. This copy includes the ownership signature of Elias Boudinot, a Congressman from New Jersey and later the third director of the U.S. Mint.Historical BackgroundThe second session of the Senate of the First Congress assembled in New York on January 4, but only ten of the twenty-four members, representing the twelve states that had ratified the Constitution were present. The House of Representatives had only twenty-six of its fifty-nine members present and likewise did not have a quorum. By January 6, the Senate reached a quorum of twelve members, and the following day, the House reached a quorum with thirty-five members present. On January 8, President George Washington presented his first State of the Union address to both houses of Congress.Although there were no political parties in this Congress, those who supported the Washington administration (later Federalists) outnumbered those who opposed the administration (later Anti-federalists) by a ratio of seventeen to seven in the Senate and thirty-four to twenty-five in the House.Among the important pieces of legislation passed in this session were the following (with dates of enactment):Provisions for the first Census, March 1, which was to be conducted on August 2, and found the population of the United States to be 3,929,214;Naturalization Act of 1790, March 26, which established rules for granting U.S. citizenship by naturalization that required two years of residence for "free White person(s).of good character" (9);Patent Act of 1790, April 10, which protected useful improvements for up to fourteen years;Crimes Act of 1790, April 30, which defined federal crimes and criminal procedures;Copyright Act of 1790, May 31; for the "encouragement of learning" by protecting "maps, charts, and books" for up to twenty-eight years;Residence Act, July 16, which established Washington, D.C. as the permanent seat of government and transferred the federal government to Philadelphia for ten years until the new capital was ready;Indian Intercourse Act of 1790, July 22, which regulated commerce with Native Americans;Funding Act of 1790, August 4, which authorized the "full assumption" of state debts by the federal government, a key part of Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton's plan to stabilize the nation's finances;Collection of Duties Act, August 4, which established the Revenue-Marine, which became the U.S. Coast Guard; andTariff of 1790, August 10, which increased the rates of the Tariff of 1789 to provide the oper. (See website for full description).

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• Titre: Elias Boudinot's Copy of Acts of the Second Session of the First Federal Congress, Including Hamilton's Assumption Plan and Jefferson's Quid-Pro-Quo Moving the Capital South, State Ratifications of the Bill of Rights, and the First State of the Union Address
• Éditeur: New York, NY
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