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Collection Reference Number GLC08821
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1790 
Title Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser No. 3581
Date 23 July 1790
Document Type Newspapers and Magazines
Content Description Reports act in congress to establish a capital on the Potomac River (Washington, D.C.). Conclusion of bill before the senate to provide for the national debt. Extract from a letter from Captain Colnet, aboard the Supply, one of the ships on Nootka Bay seized by the Spanish on 11 July 1789. News from New York concerning a funding bill in the legislature. News from the House of Representatives in Philadelphia. Congratulations to President George Washington on his recent election, issued by President of the Convention of South Carolina Charles Pinckney, and Washington's response. Proposal for a printing by subscription of William Bartram's "An Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of these Regions; together with Observations on the Manners and Customs of the Indians," with extract. News from around Europe. Advertisements.
Subjects Congress  Government and Civics  Washington, D.C.  Debt  Economics  Diplomacy  Global History and Civics  Foreign Affairs  Finance  President  Election  Maritime  Canada  
Place written Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme Foreign Affairs; The Presidency; Government & Politics
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859