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THE CONGRESSIONAL JOURNALS OF THE UNITED STATES
PARTI OF THE

NATIONAL STATE PAPERS OF THE UNITED STATES SERIES,
1789-1817

The Journal of
the House of
Representatives

GEORGE WASHINGTON ADMINISTRATION 1789-1797

Volume 7:

THIRD CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION;
NOVEMBER, 1794-MARCH, 1795

Congress. House.

MARTIN P. CLAUSSEN, General ANFORD

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OCT 1979

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

VOLUME 7

NOTE ON THE PRINTERS, Francis Childs

and John Swaine

THE JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRE-

SENTATIVES, Third Congress, Second Session

INDEX

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1

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NOTE: For the complete list of and biographical notes on

the members of the House of Representatives, together

with the Executive and Judicial officers, for the First

through the Fourth Congresses, please refer to Volume 1

of this series.

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FRANCIS CHILDS &
JOHN SWAINE

Printers of the original edition
of this volume

Francis Childs was born in Philadelphia on October 23, 1763. At an early age he showed an interest in the printed word and became the protégé of John Jay, who sent him to school at Esopus, New York. He was apprenticed to the Philadelphia printer, William Dunlap, the first printer of the Declaration of Independence, who treated him badly. At the age of twenty-one Childs went to New York, hoping to go into business for himself. He wrote to Benjamin Franklin, then in Paris, and suggested a partnership. Franklin's slow affirmative reply arrived in February 1785, too late for the impatient Childs who followed his own urgent plans and founded the city's second newspaper, the New York Daily Advertiser. By a mere week he missed being the first publisher of a New York City newspaper, but his was the first daily newspaper in America.

When Franklin returned from France in 1786, he brought with him the type he used in his private press; and, to fulfill a promise, sent Childs fonts of type which he needed. In return Childs signed an agreement of payment, which he dishonored.

On July 2, 1789 Childs entered a partnership with John Swaine, who had also learned his craft under William Dunlap. On July 27, 1790 Childs was made printer to the State of New York on a retainer of £500.

On January 11, 1791 Childs and Swaine published in broadside the first census of the State of New York, which stated that its population was 319,627 including the city's population of 30,022 and 2,263 slaves.