Printed and Manuscript Americana

Saint Paul: Printed by James M. Goodhue and Nathaniel M'Lean, 1850. First edition. 4to. xxxvii, (iii), 213 pp. Modern quarter brown calf over marbled paper-covered boards, red morocco spine label, stamped in gilt; all edges trimmed; library ink stamps on p. (i), title-page, and last leaf of text; dampstaining in top corner of leaves toward rear. American Imprints (Minnesota) 17

Among the earliest Minnesota imprints, this is the record of the first session of the Territory of Minnesota legislature. Printing began in Minnesota in the summer of 1849, and this volume was issued early in 1850. The printers Goodhue and M'Lean were not in partnership, but each printed a part of the work, hence the idiosyncrasies of layout and pagination. The preliminaries are composed of the Constitution of the United States and the Northwest Ordinance.

A rare title, with only ten copies recorded in OCLC.