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VT: FIRST STATE AFTER COLONIES ADOPTS
THE LAWS OFTHE UNITED STATES
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JEFFERSON, THOMAS. Printed Document Signed,
“Th:Jefferson,” as Secretary of State, a resolution of the First
Congress: “An Act giving Effect to the Laws of the United States
within the State of Vermont.” 2 pages, 4to, with integral blank;
upper and lower edges trimmed, faint scattered toning to first
page, slight inkburn from signature to first page, folds, verso of
blank mounted at upper and lower edges to sheet trimmed to size.
Philadelphia, 2 March 1791
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After passage of the acts admitting Vermont into the Union and establish-
ing the number of its Representatives, the present document represents the
first act in whichVermont is referred to as a state.The act declares that the
U.S. laws are to take effect for the first time in that state, including those
governing the U.S. judicial courts, the U.S. census, the U.S. marshal, and
U.S. customs at the Alburgh office on Lake Champlain.
ONE OF
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COPIES SIGNED BY JEFFERSON
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