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(GEORGE WASHINGTON) & (JOHN ADAMS) - Broadside

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(George Washington) and (John Adams). 7 ½" x 11" Printed Act of Congress, signed in type by George Washington as President and John Adams as Vice President, Philadelphia, February 9, 1791. An Act titled, "An Act declaring the Consent of Congress to a certain Act of the State of Maryland." "…Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress be and is hereby granted and declared to the operation of an Act of the General Assembly of Maryland... act to empower the wardens of the ports of Baltimore to levy and collect the duty therein mentioned"...". The General Assembly of Maryland sought to collect a duty of up to two cents per ton for each vessel that entered the harbor at Baltimore. Overall light toning, trivial dampstains at the extreme lower margin.

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