- Acts Passed at the First Session of the Eighth Congress of the United States of America, Begun and Held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the Seventeenth of October, In the Year 1803. And the Independence of the United States the Twenty-Eighth. [LOUISIANA PURCHASE - THOMAS JEFFERSON].

Washington, D.C.: The United States Congress, 1804. 0. Soft cover. Octavo. 225, vipp. Wrappers, with a small piece of the spine missing at the tail. In a protective box. Last 10 leaves waterstained. Partially uncut. Some foxing. Overall, a very good copy.The official public printing by Congress of the ratified Louisiana Purchase, preceded in print only by ephemeral leaflets at the time of ratification. The Eighth Congress opened by endorsing Thomas Jefferson's audacious acquisition of the Louisiana territory, and went on to create a stock for the purpose of carrying it into effect. The texts include the official "Act to enable the President of the United States to take possession of the territories ceded by France and for the temporary government thereof;" alongside the original treaty and conventions with France by which the lands were acquired (printed in English and French). Jefferson's proclamation announcing the ratification is also printed here. Very Good.

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