President JOHN ADAMS Thomas Jefferson Sign Acts & Increase Sumner 1798 Newspaper

Thomas Jefferson and Increase Sumner. Also on the front page is a Mass. Act signed in script type by the governor:Increase Sumner. The presence of the Indian Treaty Act on the front page, signed by the rival duo of Adams and Thomas Jefferson, illustrates the internal administrative efforts to stabilize the Western frontier and manage the high costs of colonial expansion and indigenous diplomacy.