Raynors 2012-09
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A Congressional Act - China Trade RANDOLPH, Edmund (August 10, 1753 – September 12, 1813) was an American attorney, the seventh Governor of Virginia, the second Secretary of State, and the first United States Attorney General. Document Signed “Edm: Randoph” as Secretary of State, Philadelphia, June 4, 1794, 1pp., on two printed Acts, 8” x 12-1/2,” fine. From the Third Congress, at the second session, are presented two separate Congressional Acts. The first, “An Act to extend the terms of credit for Teas imported in the ship Argonaut; and will permit the export of goods saved out of the wreck of the Snow Freelove.” In part, “...for the payment of the duties accruing on teas imported into the said district, in the ship Argonaut, Victor Chabert commander, from China ...collector aforesaid be authorized and directed to permit the exportation of any sugars, coffee, cocoa or molasses, saved out of the snow Freelove, cast away on Cape Hatteras ...” Then, the second act, “An Act for the relief of John Robbe.” In part, “That the Secretary of the department of War be, and he hereby is required to place on the invalid list, John Robbe, wounded in the late war, while in the service of the United States, at the rate of two dollars and a half per month ...” Both acts are signed in type by President George Washington.
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