Thomas Jefferson Signed Congressional Resolution.

JEFFERSON, Thomas.

Item Number: 128034

Rare Congressional resolution signed by Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State. Folio, one page. The document, which also carries the printed signatures of President George Washington, Vice President John Adams, and House Speaker Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, was approved August 2, 1790 and reads in full: Congress of the United States: At the second session, begun and held at the City of New-York, on Monday the fourth of January, on thousand seven hundred and ninety. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the expense of procuring seals for the supreme, circuit, and district courts of the United States, shall he defrayed out of the money appropriated by an ace of the present session, for defraying the contingent charges of government. Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, Speaker of the House of Representatives. John Adams, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. Approved, August the second, 1790. George Washington, President of the United States. (True Copy.) “Thomas Jefferson” Secretary of State. Individual acts and bills of the first Congresses were routinely printed for public consumption. A provision was made, however, to print a few copies of each act for dissemination to the states, and to have each copy signed by Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson. In near fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 21 by 20.5 inches. An attractive presentation with a strong signature from Jefferson.

American Founding Father Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States from 1801 to 1809. Prior to his presidency, he was elected the second Vice President of the United States, serving under John Adams from 1797 to 1801. A proponent of democracy, republicanism, and individual rights motivating American colonists to break from Great Britain and form a new nation, he produced formative documents and decisions at both the state and national level. Jefferson was an avid bibliophile and, by the end of his life, had amassed a large library and wine collection.