Language: English
Published by George L. Gray, Baltimore, 1803
Seller: Clayton Fine Books, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.
First Edition
Disbound. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Complete, original disbound newspaper in near fine condition. Minor foxing and two tiny holes. A good example of the Federalist defence of the Alien and Sedition Acts. Uncommon.
Published by Philadelphia, PA, 1798
No binding. Condition: Fine. Broadsheet. Naturalization Law of 1798. An Act Supplementary to, and to amend the act, intitled, An Act to establish an uniform rule of naturalization; and to repeal the act heretofore passed on the subject. [Philadelphia], [1798] 2 pp., 8 1/4 x 13 1/2 in. Docketed on verso. Evans 34700. The purpose of this Act of Congress was to increase the "notice time," the time period an alien needed to wait before declaring an intent to become a citizen, from 3 to 5 years, and notoriously expanding the residency requirement for American citizenship to 14 years.ConditionTreated by a professional paper conservator. Broadsheet.