[UNITED STATES CONTINENTAL CONGRESS]. [Set of Ten Weekly Issues of the Journals of Congress for the Year 1779]. Philadelphia: David C. Claypoole, 1779.  

[UNITED STATES CONTINENTAL CONGRESS]. [Set of Ten Weekly Issues of the Journals of Congress for the Year 1779]. Philadelphia: David C. Claypoole, 1779.  



10 issues (of 41), 8vo (220 x 135 mm). (Some browning, spotting, or staining, a few tiny holes or tears, occasionally with repairs or affecting letters.) CONTEMPORARY WRAPPERS OR STAB-SEWN AS ISSUED, SEVERAL UNCUT AND UNOPENED (some soiling or chipping to wrappers).



CONTENTS:

Monday, March 1st to Tuesday, March 30th, 1779. 56pp. Stab-sewn. Evans 16587.

Monday, April 19th, to Saturday, April 24th, 1779. 24pp. Original wrappers. Evans 16590. [Laid-in:] Single sheet, being the title-page for Extracts from the Journals of Congress, published Philadelphia, John Dunlap, 1776.

Monday, May 17th, to Saturday, May 22d, 1779. 24pp. Original wrappers. Evans 16594.

Monday, May 24th, to Saturday, May 29th, 1779. 20pp. Original wrappers. Evans 16595.

Monday, July 5th, to Saturday, July 12th, 1779. 9pp. Stab-sewn. Evans 16601.

Monday, July 19th, to Saturday, July 24th, 1779. 14pp. Stab-sewn. Evans 16603.

Monday, July 26th, to Saturday, July 31st, 1779. 16pp. Stab-sewn. Evans 16604.

Monday, August 23d, to Saturday, August 28th, 1779. 14pp. Stab-sewn.   Evans 16608.

Monday, September 6th, to Saturday, September 11th, 1779. 10pp. Stab-sewn. Evans 16610.

Monday, November 29th, to Saturday, December 4th, 1779. 12pp. Evans 16622.



AN EXTREMELY RARE COLLECTION OF SEVERAL INDIVIDUAL WEEKLY PRINTINGS OF THE JOURNALS OF CONGRESS. Congress's proceedings were printed more or less annually, but shortly after the Declaration of Independence, Congress recognized the necessity of publishing their proceedings in a more timely fashion. During 1779 only, the proceedings were printed in individual monthly and weekly issues, with these more frequent printings being issued in very small numbers. EACH IS THEREFORE EXTREMELY RARE, and known in only a few institutional copies. Early American imprint collector Michael Zinman, who pursued all of the variant printings of the  Journals of Congress was only able to obtain 11 of these weekly issues.  





Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant Mittler