Subject: Treaties

First edition of the Acts of the Fifth Congress (1797), published by William Ross in Philadelphia. This volume includes the controversial Alien and Sedition Acts, legislation that granted the federal government broad powers to deal with aliens and dissenters. It also contains acts establishing the U.S. Post Office, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, and important treaties with the Cherokee Nation and Tripoli. The Treaty of Tripoli, notably, explicitly states that the U.S. government is not founded on the Christian religion and affirms religious neutrality in foreign relations. This book offers a complete record of the Acts and the Journals of the House for all three sessions of the Fifth Congress.

Congressional Record of a speech delivered by David Levy (later David Levy Yulee), Territorial Delegate from Florida, on March 5, 1844, concerning the tenth article of the Treaty of Washington and the extradition of criminals from Florida. This speech is significant as it predates Yulee's name change and his later role as the first Jewish Senator. The speech was exhibited at a Library of Congress exhibit in Cincinnati (AJA) in 2005. Includes biographical information on David Levy Yulee, detailing his birth in St. Thomas, his father's land purchase in Florida, his legal career, his election to the US Congress, his name change, his role in Florida railroad development, and his service in the Confederate Congress.