Congress of the United States : begun and held at the city of New-York, on Wednesday, the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine. : An act to recognize and adapt to the Constitution of the United States the establishment of the troops raised under the resolves of the United States in Congress assembled, and for other purposes therein mentioned.
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