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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC00879
From Archive Folder	Documents Relating to 1790
Title	An act for the relief of Nathaniel Twining
Date	1 July 1790
Author	Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
Additional authors	United States. Congress (1st, 2rd session : 1790-1791)
Document Type	Government document
Content Description	Signed by Jefferson as Secretary of State. Congress relieves Twining due to his "failure in neglecting to transport the mail between Charleston and Savannah" from September 1787 through January 1788. Authorized by Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, Speaker of the House of Representatives; Vice President John Adams; and President George Washington.
Subjects	President Post Office Law Congress Government and Civics
People	Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) Adams, John (1735-1826) Muhlenberg, Frederick Augustus Conrad (1750-1801) Washington, George (1732-1799)
Place written	New York, New York
Theme	Government & Politics; Creating a New Government; The Presidency; Law
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
Transcript	Show/hide Congress of the United States: AT THE SECOND SESSION, Begun and held at the City of New-York, on Monday the fourth of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety. An ACT for the Relief of NATHANIEL TWINING. BE it enacted by the SENATE and HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the penalty, amounting to five hundred and sixty-seven dollars and forty-one cents, incurred by Nathaniel Twining, for a failure in neglecting to transport the mail between Charleston and Savannah, from the month of September one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, until the first of January one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, pursuant to a contract made with the late_ Postmaster-General, shall be, and the same is hereby remitted. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. APPROVED, July the first, 1790. GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the United States. (TRUE COPY.) Th: Jefferson Secretary of State.

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