Session Laws (October 1788).

• imprint_number: 1789.001
• title: Acts passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, begun and held at the public buildings in the city of Richmond, on Monday, the twentieth day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight.
• sequence_number: 1
• year: 1789
• place_issued: Richmond
• issuing_press: John Dixon; Augustine Davis; Thomas Nicolson.
• author: Virginia. General Assembly.
• notes: Session met from October 20 to December 30, 1788; thus session records all 1789 imprints
  As with the three prior Assemblies the task of printing this session's laws was split among the three Richmond presses headed by John Dixon, Augustine Davis, and Thomas Nicolson; Dixon was officially the public printer, but his office was plagued by production delays, hence the division of the public work and the combined provenance seen here. Some authorities mistake this combination as a distinct partnership, rather than a forced collaboration.
  
  
• Related Bios:
  • Augustine Davis
  • John Dixon Sr.
  • Thomas Nicolson

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