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Forty-one individual issues, details provided below. First issue folio, the remainder octavo. Contemporary reverse sheep, boards tooled in blind, manuscript title on spine. Noticeable rubbing to boards, spine titles mostly rubbed away and faded, some soiling. Two old, unobtrusive ownership signatures on front endpapers. Folio issue trimmed and folded, and with closed tears along folds of final leaf. Moderate toning and foxing, occasional minor staining. Very good. In a brown cloth clamshell case, gilt morocco label. An extraordinarily rare complete set of David Claypoole's monthly and weekly issues of THE JOURNALS OF CONGRESS for 1779, running consecutively from the January 1 issue (the only issue printed in folio format) to the last issue in December. The collected set includes three monthly issues (covering January, February, and March), followed by thirty-eight weekly issues running from the beginning of April through the end of the year. Shortly after the Declaration of Independence, Congress recognized the necessity of publishing its proceedings on a timely basis. These volumes appeared in more or less annual volumes, but in inconsistent formats, and from three different printers: Robert Aitken, John Dunlap, and David Claypoole. During the year 1779 they were also printed in individual monthly and weekly issues, thus appearing in a more immediate manner. These more frequent printings were executed in very small numbers, and are extremely rare; each is known in only a few institutional copies (a single annual volume was reprinted from them in 1780, and this is what appears in sets). The Journals for 1779 contain the records of deliberation and legislation on a number of important issues facing a new country in the midst of its revolution, including budgetary and fiscal issues, such as the devaluation of currency; diplomatic affairs, including multiple mentions of Benjamin Franklin as plenipotentiary to France; military matters, including the inspection of the army, numerous communications from General George Washington, and passages relating to the court-martial of Benedict Arnold. Also included are the roll call records of votes, and president of the Congress John Jay's circular letter to the states encouraging the idea of nationhood and a lasting union. A total of forty-one issues of the JOURNALS OF CONGRESS were published in 1779, and they are all present in this volume. All are separate imprints and assigned separate numbers by Evans and other bibliographers. The dates and pagination of the individual issues, all printed in Philadelphia by David C. Claypoole, are as follows: 1) Friday January 1st, to Monday February 1st, 1779. [2],10pp. The only issue from this year printed in folio format, folded to fit into the present volume. EVANS 16585. 2) Monday, February 1st, to Monday, March 1st, 1779. 50pp. EVANS 16586. 3) Monday, March 1st, to Tuesday, to March 30th, 1779, Inclusive. 56pp. EVANS 16587. 4) Wednesday, March thirty-first, to Saturday, April tenth, 1779, Inclusive. 24pp. EVANS 16588. 5) Monday, April 12th, to Saturday, April 17th, 1779, Inclusive. 19pp. EVANS 16589. 6) Monday, April 19th, to Saturday, April 24th, 1779, Inclusive. 24pp. EVANS 16590. 7) Saturday, April 24th, to Monday, May 3d, 1779. 16pp. EVANS 16591. 8) Saturday, May 1st, to Monday, May 10th, 1779. 15pp. EVANS 16592. 9) Monday, May 10th, to Saturday, May 15th, 1779, Inclusive. 14pp. Closed tear to titlepage. EVANS 16593. 10) Monday, May 17th, to Saturday, May 22nd, 1779, Inclusive. 24pp. EVANS 16594. 11) Monday, May 24th, to Saturday, May 29th, 1779, Inclusive. 20pp. EVANS 16595. 12) Monday, May 31st, to Saturday, June 5th, 1779, Inclusive. 15pp. EVANS 16596. 13) Monday, June 7th, to Saturday, June 12th, 1779, Inclusive. 19pp. EVANS 16597. 14) Monday, June 14th, to Saturday, June 19th, 1779, Inclusive. 10pp. EVANS 16598. 15) Monday, June 21st, to Saturday, June 26th, 1779, Inclusive. 13pp. EVANS 16599. 16) Monday, June 28th, to Saturday, July 3d, N° de ref. del artículo WRCAM55208
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