The first book published in Nashville: A REVISAL OF ALL THE PUBLIC ACTS OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE NOW IN FORCE IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, Revised in the Winter of 1809 by John Haywood, Esq., Attorney at Law and formerly a judge of the Superior Courts of North Carolina. Nashville, Printed and Sold by Thomas G. Bradford, printer of the laws of the United States, 1809. Original leather binding, 474 numbered pages with additional index. Includes Errata, Laws of North Carolina, and Constitution of the State of Tennessee. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Provenance: Nashville, Tenn. collection. Listed on Stanley Horn's Top 20 Important Books on Tennessee, also ref. McMurtrie – Early Printing in Tennessee. Condition: Leather binding largely intact but with wear, some stains and cracking (3" separation on back and 1-1/2" separations of boards at top of spine); partial loss to blank page preceding the title page and last page of index; some light stains and discolorations to interior pages. CONDITION: Leather binding largely intact but with wear, some stains and cracking (3" separation on back and 1-1/2" separations of boards at top of spine); partial loss to blank page preceding the title page and last page of index; some light stains and discolorations to interior pages.