A Near Complete Set of the Folwell Edition of Journals of Congress

JOURNALS OF CONGRESS: CONTAINING THEIR PROCEEDINGS [FROM SEPTEMBER 5, 1774, TO NOVEMBER 3, 1788]. PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. (12) volumes (of a total of 13). Philadelphia: Folwell's Press, 1800-1801. One of 400 copies authorized by Congress for the use of the Senate and House of Representatives (as stated on a leaf at the beginning of each volume). Uniformly bound in later brown cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped red leather spine labels, with fresh endpapers. 8vo; vol. I ([2], 289, [1], [12 index]pp.); vol. II (480, [22 index]pp.); vol. III ([2], 468pp.); vol. IV (537, [1], [42 index]pp.); vol. V ([2], 349, [1], [34 index]pp.); vol. VI ([2], 176, [22 index]pp.); vol. VII (396, [36 index]pp.); vol. VIII (337, [1], [16]pp.); vol. IX (227, [1], [10 index]pp., plus Journal of the Committee of the States 29, [1]pp.); vol. X (256, [14 index]pp.); vol. XI (193, [1], [10 index]pp.); vol. XIII (192, [2], [6 index]pp.). Sabin 15545; Evans 38750; Shaw & Shoemaker 1487-1490.

Each 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.

From a Private North Carolina Collection

Previously, congressional journals were published annually by various printers. Folwell's edition offered a collection of the compete journals. The second volume includes the Declaration of Independence and the third includes the Articles of Confederation. Volume IX includes the not always present Journal of the Committee of the States at rear.

Lacking vol. XII; lacking vol. II title page and vol. III index; sturdy boards with scattered staining and discoloration, and light shelf wear; rubbing or chipping to spine labels, and a few with very slight separation from text block; occasional variation in paper thickness; interiors with toning, scattered foxing, and with occasional notations (the majority pencil), light soiling, tears, edge wear, or other mild handling/age wear; a few volumes with library stamps; a couple of volumes with damp staining (heaviest in vol. I); vol. II with writing in ink on p. 232 with bleed-through and associated off-setting impacting three total leaves; ownership signature on vol. IV title page; one possible very professional repair to one title page. A sturdy and overall very good set of these important journals.