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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data (abbrev.)

United States. Congress (1st: 1789–1791)

Legislative histories.

Documentary history of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America, March 4, 1789–March 3, 1791

Edited by Charlene Bangs Bickford, Kenneth R. Bowling, Helen E. Veit, William Charles diGiacomantonio, Linda Grant de Pauw, and LaVonne Marlene Siegel.

Includes bibliographical records and index.

1. Bills, Legislative—United States. 2. Legislative histories—United States.
I. Bickford, Charlene Bangs, ed. II. Veit, Helen E., ed. III. Title. IV. Series

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