letter 15
Department of State, to wit
I hereby certify, that the proof Sheets of an edition of the
Laws of <the> United States, under the title of "Laws of the
United States of America" printed at Philadelphia by Andrew Brown
1792, in 130 pages octavo, have, from page 7, to page 114 of Acts,
and from page i. to page xvi. of Treaties, inclusive, been
carefully collated by sworn Clerks with the original Rolls
deposited in the Office of the Secretary of State, and <have>
been rendered literally conformable therewith; except that the
signatures of the President of the United States, the President of
the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives are
omitted, and that the approbation of the President of the United
States with it's date, is transposed from the end to the beginning
of each Act. Given under my hand at Philadelphia, this
25.th day
of July 1792.
Th: Jefferson
[8] Secretary of State
