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![An act to establish an Executive department to be dominated the Department of war ... 1789, June 27. Read the third time and passed the House of representatives. New York: Printed by Thomas Greenleaf, [1789] [Positive Photostat.].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3ODkvMDEvMDEvYW4tYWN0LXRvLWVzdGFibGlzaC1hbi1leGVjdXRpdmUtZGVwYXJ0bWVudC10by1iZS1kb21pbmF0ZWQtdGhlLWRlcGFydG1lbnQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/407/jpg "An act to establish an Executive department to be dominated the Department of war ... 1789, June 27. Read the third time and passed the House of representatives. New York: Printed by Thomas Greenleaf, [1789] [Positive Photostat.].")
![An act to establish an Executive department to be denominated the Department of war. [Dated] 1789, June 27. New York, Printed by Thomas Greenleaf. [1789].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3ODkvMDEvMDEvYW4tYWN0LXRvLWVzdGFibGlzaC1hbi1leGVjdXRpdmUtZGVwYXJ0bWVudC10by1iZS1kZW5vbWluYXRlZC10aGUtZGVwYXJ0bWVudC02NDAuanBn/40/66/webp "An act to establish an Executive department to be denominated the Department of war. [Dated] 1789, June 27. New York, Printed by Thomas Greenleaf. [1789].")
![An act to establish an Executive department to be denominated the Department of war. [Dated] 1789, June 27. New York, Printed by Thomas Greenleaf. [1789].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3ODkvMDEvMDEvYW4tYWN0LXRvLWVzdGFibGlzaC1hbi1leGVjdXRpdmUtZGVwYXJ0bWVudC10by1iZS1kZW5vbWluYXRlZC10aGUtZGVwYXJ0bWVudC0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/65/webp "An act to establish an Executive department to be denominated the Department of war. [Dated] 1789, June 27. New York, Printed by Thomas Greenleaf. [1789].")
![An act for the establishment and support of light houses, beacons and buoys ... 1789 July 20h. Read the third time and passed the House of representatives. New York: Printed by Thomas Greenleaf [1789].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3ODkvMDEvMDEvYW4tYWN0LWZvci10aGUtZXN0YWJsaXNobWVudC1hbmQtc3VwcG9ydC1vZi1saWdodC1ob3VzZXMtYmVhY29ucy1hbmQtYnVveXMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/65/webp "An act for the establishment and support of light houses, beacons and buoys ... 1789 July 20h. Read the third time and passed the House of representatives. New York: Printed by Thomas Greenleaf [1789].")
![An act for the establishment and support of light houses, beacons and buoys ... 1789 July 20h. Read the third time and passed the House of representatives. New York: Printed by Thomas Greenleaf [1789].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3ODkvMDEvMDEvYW4tYWN0LWZvci10aGUtZXN0YWJsaXNobWVudC1hbmQtc3VwcG9ydC1vZi1saWdodC1ob3VzZXMtYmVhY29ucy1hbmQtYnVveXMtMS02NDAuanBn/40/24/webp "An act for the establishment and support of light houses, beacons and buoys ... 1789 July 20h. Read the third time and passed the House of representatives. New York: Printed by Thomas Greenleaf [1789].")
![An act to establish the seat of government of the United States ... 1789. September the 22d. New York, printed by Thomas Greenleaf. [1789].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTIvYW4tYWN0LXRvLWVzdGFibGlzaC10aGUtc2VhdC1vZi1nb3Zlcm5tZW50LW9mLXRoZS11bml0ZWQtc3RhdGVzLTE3ODktc2VwdGVtYmVyLTRmMmRjMy02NDAuanBn/40/64/webp "An act to establish the seat of government of the United States ... 1789. September the 22d. New York, printed by Thomas Greenleaf. [1789].")
