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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Journals of the Continental Congress --BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES.
State Bills of Credit and Continental Loan Offices.
146. In Congress / Baltimore, January 14, 1777. /.../ Baltimore: Printed by M. K. Goddard. ... Fo. Broadside.
Contains the resolution of Congress, and a letter from William Govett, A. Audit.-Gen., dated Treasury office, Baltimore, January 30, 1777. A copy is in the Library of Congress. It measures 30 × 19 cms.
Address of the New York Convention.
147. An / Address / of the / Convention / of the / Representives / of the / State / of / New York / to their / Constituents. / Philadelphia: / Printed by John Dunlap. / M, DCC, LXXVII.
12°. pp. 12.
A copy, is in the Library Company of Philadelphia. The address in manuscript is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 67, I, folio 372.
148. Zuschrift / aus der / Versammlung / der Repräsentanten / des / Staates von New York / an die, / welche sie dazu bestellt haben. /Aus dem Englischen übersetzt. / Philadelphia: / Gedrückt bey Steiner und Cist, in der Zweyten- / strasse, nahe bey der Archstrasse, 1777. 8°. pp. 21.
"Resolved, That Congress have received the address of the said convention to the people of that State,...and that the same be translated into the German language, and printed at the expence of the Continent." Journals.
One thousand copies of the German edition were printed. The translation was made by Lewis Weiss.
Proclamation by General Washington.
149. By his Excellency George Washington, Esq; / General and Commander in Chief of all the forces of the / United States of America. / Proclamation. /.../ Baltimore: Printed by John. Dunlap.
On oath to the United States by those who had taken oath to the King under the proclamation of General Howe, November 30, 1776. A copy is in the Library of Congress. It measures 26½ × 21 cms.
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Committees from four New England States.
150. [Proceedings in part.]
"That such parts of the proceedings of the committees from the four New England States as relate to the price of labour and other things, be published and transmitted to the other States, together with these resolutions." Journals.
Advertisement for seamen.
151. [Advertisement of the Continental Navy Board for Seamen. Philadelphia: Robert Aitken. 1777.]
Title from Hildeburn's Issues of the Press in Pennsylvania, No. 3536, taken from Aitken's ledger. 300 copies were printed.
Mr. Clarence S. Brigham, Librarian of the Rhode Island Historical Society, calls my attention to a broadside in his collections: "Naval Pay List. /.../ Extract from the minutes. / Charles Thomson, Secretary," based upon the resolutions concerning pay of November 28, December 9 and 13, 1775. It measures 15 × 17 cms. As the rates of pay were not altered in 1776, this may be one of the issues of the Continental Navy Board.
Resolutions on desertions.
152. [Congress took into consideration the report of the Committee on Deserters, and thereupon came to the following resolutions...]
Ordered, That the foregoing resolve, and the first, second, and third articles of the Articles of War be published in the several papers, ... and, also that 300 copies be printed in handbills and sent to camp." Journals.
Letters and Orders for Continental Ships.
153. [Letters and Orders for Continental Vessels, printed for the Continental Navy Board. Philadelphia: Robert Aitken. 1777.]
Title from Hildeburn's Issues of the Press in Pennsylvania, No. 3536, taken from Aitken's ledger. 250 copies printed.
Rate of Interest.
154. In Congress. /Baltimore, February 26th, 1777./.../ Baltimore: Printed by M. K. Goddard.
Fo. Broadside.
Returns of Loan Offices.
155. In Congress, / March 25, 1777. [Philadelphia: 1777.]
Fo. Broadside.
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Resolution of Navy Board.
156. [Resolve of the Marine Committee. Philadelphia: Printed by Robert Aitken. 1777.]
Title from Hildeburn's Issues of the Press of Pennsylvania, No. 3536, taken from Aitken's ledger. 150 copies printed.
Resolution for Paying Troops.
157. In Congress, / April 1, 1777. /.../ Printed by John Dunlap.
Fo. Broadside.
Contains the resolutions of April 1, 2, 9, and 10. A copy is in the Library of Congress, Letters to Washington. Vol. 90, folio 109. It measures 34 × 20 cms.
Resolution on Commissary General of Musters.
158. in Congress, / April 4, 1777. /.../ Printed by John Dunlap.
Fo. Broadside.
Contains resolutions of April 4 and 10. A copy is in the Library of Congress, Letters to Washington. Vol. 90, folio 146. It measures 34 × 20 cms.
Resolution on Continental Hospitals.
159. In Congress, / April 7, 1777. /.../ Printed by John Dunlap. Fo. pp. 2.
Contains resolutions of April 1 and 12. A copy is in the Library of Congress, Letters to Washington. Vol. 90, folio 145. It measures 38 × 25 cms.
160. In Congress, / April 7, 1777. /.../ Printed by Hall and Sellers. 1779.Fo. Broadside.
Resolutions concerning monopoly.
161. In Congress, / April 11, 1777. /.../ Printed by John Dunlap. Fo.Broadside.
Rules of Navy Board.
162. [Rules and Regulations of Continental Navy Board. Philadelphia: Printed by Robert Aitken. 1777.]
Title from Hildeburn's Issues of the Press of Pennsylvania, No. 3536, taken from Aitken's ledger. 150 copies printed.
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Resolution on Recruiting.
163. In Congress, / April 14, 1777. Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap. [1777.] Fo. Broadside.
Contains the resolution of April 14, to enquire into the conduct of recruiting officers, and that of April 29, on settlement of recruiting accounts. A copy is in the Library of Congress. It measures 39½ x 24½ cms. See under No. 169.
Resolution for Committee of Conference.
164. In Congress, / April 14, 1777. /.../ John Dunlap.
Fo. Broadside.
Contains the resolution of April 14, providing for the Committee [Samuel Adams, William Duer, and Richard Henry Lee] and that of the 15, embodying the report. A copy is in the Library of Congress. It measures 81 × 20½ cms.
Revision of Rules and Articles of War.
165. In Congress, April 14, 1777. /.../ Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap. Fo.Broadside.
A copy is in the Library of Congress. It measures 33½× 20 cms.
166. In Congress, April 14, 1777. [Philadelphia: 1777.]
8°. pp. 2.
"Probably printed to add to the already printed editions of the Rules. Thomas Heyward, F. L. Lee, and Abraham Clark were the revising members." Paul Leicester Ford.
167. [Rules and Articles...Philadelphia? 1777].
8°. pp. 31, 2.
"The copy seen lacked the title-page. I have also seen a copy of what was apparently a New Jersey edition, pp. 30 and more, in the same condition." Paul Leicester Ford.
168, Rules / and / Articles / for the better / Government / of the / Troops / Raised, or to be raised and kept in pay by / and at the expence of the United / States of / America. / Boston, New-England: / Printed by Benjamin Edes, in Queen Street. / M, DCC, LXXVII.
Resolution on Accounts.
169. In Congress, April 29, 1777. /.../ Philadelphia, Printed by John Dunlap. Fo. Broadside.
A copy is in the Library of Congress, Letters to Washington. Vol. 90, folio 170. It measures 34 × 19 cms. See under No. 163.
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Resolutions on Quartermaster's Department.
170. In Congress, / May 14, 1777. /.../ Philadelphia, Printed by John Dunlap. Fo.2 pp.
Five hundred copies were printed. A copy is in the Library of Congress, Letters to Washington. Vol. 90, folio 199. It measures 42 × 22 cms.
171. In Congress, / May 14, 1777. /.../ Fish-kill: Printed by Samuel Loudon [1777]. Fo. pp. 2.
A copy is in the Library of Congress. It measures 32 × 19 cms.
Resolutions on Commissary Department.
172. In Congress, June 10, 1777. /.../ Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap in Market-Street. Fo. pp. 4.
Contains also resolutions dated June 11 and 16. A copy is in the Library of Congress, Letters to Washington. Vol. 90, folio 209. It measures 34 × 22 cms.
173. [Fish-kill. ?]
An imperfect copy is in the Library of Congress. It measures 41 × 26 cms.
Forms for paying Army.
174. [Blank forms for pay accounts.]
"Ordered, That it [report of Board of Treasury] lie for consideration till Tuesday next, and that, in the meantime, the Board of Treasury prepare printed copies of the form mentioned in the said report." Journals, June 20, 1777.
Conduct of the Enemy.
175. [Report of the Committee appointed to enquire into the conduct of the enemy, with affidavits.]
"4,000 copies in English and 2,000 copies in German were ordered 'published in a pamphlet' by the Congress, but it is questionable if it ever was done, as no copy is now known to exist."--Paul Leicester Ford.
The following is taken from Franklin's correspondence:
"You may have heard that Accounts upon Oath have been taken in America by Order of Congress, of the British Barbarities committed there. It is expected of me to make a School Book of them, and to have 35 Prints designed here by good artists and engraved each expressing one or more of the different horrid facts, to be inserted in the Book, in order to impress the minds of Children and Posterity with a deep sense of your blood y and insatiable Malice and Wickedness. Every kindness I hear of done by an Englishman to an American Prisoner, makes me resolve not to proceed in the Work, hoping a Reconciliation may yet take place. But every fresh Instance of your Devilism weakens that resolution, and makes me abominate the Thought of a Reunion with such a People." Benjamin Franklin to David Hartley, 2 February, 1780.
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Advertisement of Navy Board.
176. [Advertisement for the encouragement of the Navy in the River, by the Continental Navy Board.]
Title from Hildeburn's Issues of the Press of Pennsylvania, No. 3536, taken from Aitken's ledger. 100 copies printed.
Burgoyne's orders to Baum and Stark's victory.
177. Philadelphia, August 22, 1777. / By an express arrived last evening from General Schuyler to Congress, we have the following important intelligence. [Philadelphia:] Printed by John Dunlap.
Fo. Broadside.
A copy is in the Library of Congress. It measures 31 × 21 cms.
"Philadelphia, 2d Septr. 1776.
"Sir:
"We have the honor to send your Excellency herewith a number of hand bills published by order of Congress, in that form, for the more easy dispersion thro the army, that the troops may be made acquainted with and emulate the conduct of their brave northern and eastern brethren." Committee of Intelligence to Washington.
Report of Treasury Committee.
178. In Congress, September 6, 1777. /.../ Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap. Fo. Broadside.
Information from Army.
179. Chad's Ford, Sept. 11. 1777. 5 o'clock, a.m. / Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap. Fo. Broadside.
Contains a letter to John Hancock, reporting the progress of the battle of the Brandywine; dated: Chad's Ford, September 11, 1777. 5 o'clock, p.m. Followed by a letter from Gen. Washington, announcing the loss of the battle; dated: Chester, September 11, 1777. Twelve o'clock at night.
A copy is in the Library of Congress. It measures 33 × 20 cms.
180. Intercourse with the Enemy.
"I have ordered one Thousand copies of the Resolves relative to putting a Stop to any Intercourse between the Enemy in Philadelphia and the disaffected among us, to be printed at Lancaster, and to be forwarded thence to you for the Use of the Army." John Hancock to Washington, October 14, 1777. Letters to Washington, 91, 82.
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Articles of Confederation.
181. Articles / of / Confederation / and / Perpetual Union / between the / States / of New-Hampshire, Masssachusetts-Bay, Rhode- / Island and Providence Plantation, Con- / necticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsyl- / vania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, / North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Geor- / gia. / Lancaster: / Printed by Francis Bailey. / M, DCC, LXXVII. Fo. pp. 26.
A copy, containing the signature of Henry Laurens, as President, is in the Library of Congress.
182. Articles / of / Confederation / and / Perpetual Union / between the / States / of / New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, / Rhode-Island and Providence Planta- / tions, Connecticut, New York, New- / Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Ma- / ryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, / South-Carolina, and Georgia. / Annapolis: / Printed by Frederick Green [1777]. 8o. pp. 15.
183. Articles / of / Confederation / and / Perpetual Union / between the / States / of / New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island / and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New- / York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Mary- / land, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, / and Georgia. / Lancaster, (Pennsylvania,) Printed: / Boston, Re-printed by John Gill, / Printer to the General Assembly. / M, DCC, LXXVII. Fo. pp. 16.
A copy is in the Library of Congress.
184. Articles / of / Confederation / and / Perpetual Union / between the / States / of / New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode- / Island and Providence Plantations, Con- / necticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsy-/lvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia,/North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. / Exeter, New Hampshire, / Printed by Zechariah Fowle. / M, DCC, LXXVII. Fo. pp. 8.
185. Articles / of / Confederation / and / Perpetual Union / between the / States / of / New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-/ island and Providence Plantations, Connec- / ticut, New-York, New Jersey, Pennsylva- / nia, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North- / Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia. / New-London: Printed by Timothy Green, Printer to / the State of Connecticut. / M, DCC, LXXVII.
Fo. pp. 11.
A copy is in the Library of Congress.
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186. Articles / of / Confederation / and / Perpetual Union / between the / States / of / New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode- / Island and Providence Plantations, Con- / necticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsyl-/ vania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, / North Carolina, South Carolina and Geor- / gia. / Williamsburg: / Printed by J. Dixon & W. Hunter. / M, DCC, LXXVIII. 4o. pp. 15.
A copy is in the Library of Congress.
187. Articles / of / Confederation / and / Perpetual Union / between the / States / of / New-Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, / Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, / Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. / Williamsburg: / Printed by Alexander Purdie.
A copy is in the Library of Congress. It measures 33 × 21 cms.
188. The / Articles / of Confederation; / the Declaration of / Rights; / the Constitution of this Commonwealth / and the/Articles of the Definitive Treaty / between / Great-Britain and the United / States of America. /Published by Order of the General Assembly. / Richmond: / Printed by Dixon and Holt. [1784.] 12°. pp. 35.
189. Articles / of / Confederation / and / Perpetual Union / between the / States / of/ New-Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Provi- / dence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New-Jersey, / Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Ca-rolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia. / Lancaster, Printed, / Newbern: Re-printed by James Davis, / MDCCLXXVII. Fo. pp. 9.
190. Articles de Confédération & d'Union perpétuelles entre les États de Nouvel Hampshire, Baei de Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Nouvelle York, Nouvelle Jersey, Pennsylvanie, les Comtés de New Castle, Kent et Sussex, sur la rivičre Delaware, maryland, Virginie, Caroline Septentrionale, Caroline Méridionale, Georgie, etc. [Philadelphis?] MDCCLXXVII. 8°. pp. 16.
16°. pp. 16.
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Convention at Saratoga.
192.
"Inclosed is a Hand Bill printed by order of Congress relative to the late Convention at Saratoga; this only came to Congress three days ago--as we have had no press here until within these few days and no Gazette as yet published."Cornelius Harnett to William Wilkinson, York, December 8, 1777. In North Carolina Colonial Records, XI, 818.
Resolutions on trade, &c.
193. Resolves of Congress / concerning / Trade. / Together with the Act for establishing a / Naval-Office / In the State of Massachusetts Bay. / Also, / The Forms established by the General / Court to be used by the Naval-Officers in / said State. / Printed by Order of said Court. / Boston: N. E. / Printed by J. Gill, M, DCC, LXXVII.
8°. pp. 28.
Journals.
194. Journals / of / Congress, / Containing / the / Proceedings / From January 1st, 1777, to January 1st, 1778. / Published by order of Congress. / Volume III./ Philadelphia. / Printed by John Dunlap.
8°. pp. 603, XXII.
"As originally issued this volume contained 6 additional leaves, being the index to Volume 1, but as these have generally been removed and placed in that volume, I have not included them in the above collation." Paul Leicester Ford.
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