Jefferson, Thomas, Third President, as Secretary of State

Printed document signed ("Th: Jefferson"), 1 page (15 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.; 382 x 241 mm), [Philadelphia: Childs & Swaine, 1792], being an act of the first session of the Second Congress, Philadelphia, 24 October 1791, entitled, "An Act for apportioning Representatives among the several States, according to the first enumeration," the act approved 14 April 1792; engraved portrait of Jefferson conspicuously affixed to lower right margin, hinged to heavy mat board.

Printed document signed ("Th: Jefferson"), 1 page (15 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.; 382 x 241 mm), [Philadelphia: Childs & Swaine, 1792], being an act of the first session of the Second Congress, Philadelphia, 24 October 1791, entitled, "An Act for apportioning Representatives among the several States, according to the first enumeration," the act approved 14 April 1792; engraved portrait of Jefferson conspicuously affixed to lower right margin, hinged to heavy mat board.
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Apportioning representatives among several states according to the first enumeration, as prescribed by the Constitution.

Signed in type by Speaker of the House of Representatives, Jonathan Trumbull, and John Adams as Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate, and approved by George Washington as President, the present broadside apportions representatives among the several States, according to the first enumeration. Beginning on 3 March 1793, " . . . the House of Representatives shall be composed of members elected agreeably to a ratio of one member for every thirty-three thousand persons in each state, computed according to the rule prescribed by the Constitution; that is to say: Within the state of New Hampshire, four; within the state of Massachusetts, fourteen; within the state of Vermont, two; within the state of Rhode Island, two; within the state of Connecticut, seven; within the state of New-York, ten; within the state of New-Jersey, five; within the state of Pennsylvania, thirteen; within the state of Delaware, one; within the state of Maryland, eight; within the state of Virginia, nineteen; within the state of Kentucky, two; within the state of North-Carolina, ten; within the state of South-Carolina, six; and within the state of Georgia, two members."

An extremely important record of the structure and composition of the House of Representatives in the early 1790s.