{"product_id":"1791-gazette-of-the-united-states-john-fenno-washington-administration-first-bank-debate-philadelphia","title":"1791 GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES – John Fenno – Washington Administration – First Bank Debate – Philadelphia","description":"\u003ch2 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"40\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"text\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3\" data-end=\"40\"\u003e1791 GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES\u003cimg\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"41\" data-end=\"267\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"text\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"45\" data-end=\"267\"\u003eGeorge Washington's Proclamation Establishing the Permanent Seat of Government (District of Columbia) – Great Seal – Thomas Jefferson – Contemporary Ownership Attributed to Revolutionary War General Jedediah Huntington\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"269\" data-end=\"332\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"269\" data-end=\"332\"\u003ePhiladelphia: Gazette of the United States, March 31, 1791.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"334\" data-end=\"734\"\u003eAn outstanding and historically important issue of the \u003cstrong data-start=\"389\" data-end=\"421\"\u003eGazette of the United States\u003c\/strong\u003e, the official Federalist newspaper of the Washington administration, containing the complete text of \u003cstrong data-start=\"523\" data-end=\"587\"\u003ePresident George Washington's Proclamation of March 30, 1791\u003c\/strong\u003e, formally defining the boundaries of the permanent \u003cstrong data-start=\"639\" data-end=\"682\"\u003eSeat of Government of the United States\u003c\/strong\u003e—the foundation of today's \u003cstrong data-start=\"709\" data-end=\"733\"\u003eDistrict of Columbia\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"736\" data-end=\"1151\"\u003eProminently displayed beneath the engraved \u003cstrong data-start=\"779\" data-end=\"814\"\u003eGreat Seal of the United States\u003c\/strong\u003e, the proclamation announces the final location of the new federal district on both sides of the Potomac River, including \u003cstrong data-start=\"936\" data-end=\"950\"\u003eGeorgetown\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"955\" data-end=\"969\"\u003eAlexandria\u003c\/strong\u003e, and specifies the ten-mile-square territory authorized by Congress. It concludes with Washington's printed signature and the attestation of \u003cstrong data-start=\"1111\" data-end=\"1150\"\u003eSecretary of State Thomas Jefferson\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1153\" data-end=\"1307\"\u003eThis is one of the landmark public documents in the early history of the United States, representing the legal creation of the nation's permanent capital.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"1309\" data-end=\"1346\"\u003eAttributed Contemporary Ownership\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1348\" data-end=\"1650\"\u003eThe newspaper bears a contemporary ownership signature in the upper margin, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1424\" data-end=\"1514\"\u003ebelieved to be that of Revolutionary War Major General Jedediah Huntington (1743–1818)\u003c\/strong\u003e. Although the top margin has been trimmed, obscuring part of the given name, the surviving surname strongly resembles \u003cstrong data-start=\"1633\" data-end=\"1650\"\u003e\"Huntington.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1652\" data-end=\"2145\"\u003eJedediah Huntington was one of General George Washington's trusted officers during the Revolutionary War and, in 1791, served as \u003cstrong data-start=\"1781\" data-end=\"1845\"\u003eCollector of Customs for the Port of New London, Connecticut\u003c\/strong\u003e, an important federal appointment within the Washington administration. As a prominent Federalist official, he would have been an ideal subscriber to the \u003cem data-start=\"2000\" data-end=\"2030\"\u003eGazette of the United States\u003c\/em\u003e. While the attribution has not been independently authenticated, it is both plausible and historically compelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"2147\" data-end=\"2172\"\u003eHistorical Importance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2174\" data-end=\"2454\"\u003eThis issue records one of the defining moments in American history—the formal establishment of the federal capital. The proclamation fixed the boundaries from which the \u003cstrong data-start=\"2343\" data-end=\"2367\"\u003eDistrict of Columbia\u003c\/strong\u003e would develop, ultimately becoming the permanent seat of the United States government.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"2456\" data-end=\"2469\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"2471\" data-end=\"2759\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2471\" data-end=\"2488\"\u003eComplete issue.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2489\" data-end=\"2567\"\u003eClear, dark impression with an attractive strike of the engraved Great Seal.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2568\" data-end=\"2606\"\u003eExpected folds and light age toning.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2607\" data-end=\"2703\"\u003eContemporary ownership inscription at the top margin, partially affected by historic trimming.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2704\" data-end=\"2759\"\u003eOverall an attractive and highly displayable example.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"2761\" data-end=\"2797\"\u003eA Superb Early Federal Newspaper\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2799\" data-end=\"3195\"\u003eFew newspapers better represent the formative years of the American republic than the \u003cem data-start=\"2885\" data-end=\"2915\"\u003eGazette of the United States\u003c\/em\u003e. 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