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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
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Recall of counterfeited Bills.
237. Whereas these United States...and Whereas counterfeits have appeared. F°. Broadside.
A copy is in the John Carter Brown Library. It measures 31 × 21 cms.
Description of Counterfeits.
238. Description / of / Counterfeit Bills, / Which were done in Imitation of the True Ones ordered by the Honorable / the Continental Congress, / Bearing Date 20th May, 1777, and 11th April, 1778.
F°. Broadside.
A copy is in the Library of Congress, and measures 40 × 21 cms. It is signed in MS. by John Gibson, who added: "Permit no copy of these Descriptions to be taken, unless at the Request of the Executive Authority of the State to be placed in confidential hands."
Resolutions on Prisoners.
239. In Congress, / January 9, 1779 / .... / Philadelphia, Printed by John Dunlap. F°. Broadside.
A copy is in the Washington Papers, Letters to Washington, 92, folio 32, and measures 32 ½ × 18 ½ cms.
Circular Letter of Instructions.
240. Treasury-Office, January 12, 1779. F°. Broadside.
A letter to the Commissioners of the loan office on exchanging the counterfeited emissions of bills of credit.
Directions for retiring Currency.
241. Instructions / from the / Board of Treasury / to the respective / Commissioners of the Continental / Loan-Offices. / Treasury Office, January 12, 1779. F°. Broadside.
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Address to the People on the Currency.
242. In Congress January 13, 1779. /..../ Philadelphia,
Printed by John Dunlap. F° 11.
It contains four resolutions on withdrawing the bills of credit of the emissions of May 20, 1777, and April 11, 1778, in the following order: Resolutions of January 13, January 2, January 5 and January 14, 1779. A copy is in the Library of Congress. It measures 41 x 25 cms.
"The Committee on the Treasury who were directed to extract from the Journals the several resolutions respecting finance, in order that they may be printed reported that they had executed that business, and are of the opinion that the circular letter and the resolutions of the 2d and 5th instant be printed on one sheet....[and] that one hundred copies....be struck off.
"Resolved, That Congress agree to the reports" Journals.
Resolutions on the Currency.
243. In Congress. / October 8, 1778. /..../ Philadelphia.
Printed by John Dunlap. F°. Broadside.
Contains also the resolutions of November 19, 1778, and January 1 and 14, 1779.
Orders to Commissioners of Loan Offices.
244. Treasury-Office, / February 23d., 1779. F°. Broadside.
Observations on the Revolution.
245. Observations / on the / American Revolution. / Published / according to a Resolution / of Congress, / by their Committee. / For the / Consideration of those who are desirous / of comparing / The Conduct of the opposed Parties, / and / The several Consequences which have / flowed from it. / Philadelphia: / Printed by Styper and Cist, in Second-Street. / MDCC LXXIX. 8°. pp. (4) 122.
See Journals, April 5, 1779. Advertised in the Pennsylvania Packet of February 27, 1779. in the advertisement in the issue of March 2 is the following: "§∥§In the above Treatise, page 98, line 3, the words "of civil war" ought to be left out The reader will please take notice thereof."
Resolutions on Arrearages.
246. In Congress, / March 2, 1779. /..../ Printed by Hall and Sellers. 1779. F°. Broadside.
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Resolutions on Soldiers' Certificates.
247. In Congress, March 5, 1779. /..../ Printed by Hall and Sellers. 1779. F°. Broadside.
Resolutions concerning Admiralty Decisions.
248. In Congress, / March 6, 1779. /..../ Philadelphia: / Printed by David C. Claypoole, Printer to / the Honorable the Congress of the United States of America. F°. Broadside.
Dragoons and Artillery.
249. In Congress, / March 15, 1779. /..../ Printed by Hall and Sellers. 4°. Broadside.
A copy is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 147, III, folio 345. It measures 26 x 20 cms.
Recommendation of Fast.
250. Proclamation. /..../ Philadelphia: Printed by Hall and Sellers. F°. Broadside.
251. State of New Hampshire. / In Committee of Safety, April 10th, 1779. / Ordered, / That the following Proclamation..../ be....printed. Exeter; New Hampshire: Printed by Zachariah Fowle, 1779.
F°. Broadside.
A copy is in the Massachusetts Historical Society. It measures 40 x 31 cms.
Ordinance for Clothing Department.
252. In Congress, / March 23, 1779. / Ordinance for regulating the Clothing Department for / the Armies of the United States. /..../ Printed by Hall and Sellers. F°. 11.
253. In Congress, / March 23, 1779. / Ordinance for regulating the Cloathing De- / partment for the Armies of the United States. /....Philadelphia: Printed by David C. Claypoole, Printer to the / Honorable the Congress. F°. Broadside.
A copy is in the Washington Papers, Letters to Washington, No. 93, folio 303. It measures 31½ x 19½ cms.
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254. In Congress, / March 23, 1779. / Ordinance for regulating the Clothing Department for the Armies of the United States.
F°. Broadside.
Steuben's Regulations.
255. Regulations / for the / Order and Discipline / of the / Troops / of the / United States. / Part 1. / Philadelphia: / Printed by Styner and Cist, in Second-street. / M DCCLXXIX.
12°. pp. 154, [9], 8 plates.
"The Engraving of the Plates and correcting the Press, will I am afraid detain me till the middle of April, and as before that time the season will permit the Troops to exercise, I think it would be necessary they should be exercised in detail on the Principles laid down. If your Excellency approves it, I will send Col. Fleury, who has assisted me in composing the Regulations, to receive your Orders on the Subject. He may carry with him a Copy of that part of the Regulations which is necessary and each Adjutant take a copy, that the Troops may begin to put them in practise." Steuben to Washington, March 17, 1779. Washington Papers. Letters to Washington, 30, folio 404.
"In my last I had the honor of informing your Excellency that the Regulations would be printed by the middle of April, till which I proposed staying here in order to hurry the work as much as possible. I did not then foresee a thousand little things that retard the progress of the work and which now convince me it will be the last of April before it can be finished. I have therefore prevailed on Colo Pickering to take charge of correcting the sheets as they are printed, and intend by the 15th next mouth to have the honor of receiving your Excellency's orders for the Execution of the new system." Steuben to Washington, March 31, 1779. Washington Papers, Letters to Washington, 31, folio 144.
256. Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States. Part 1. Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin. [1779]
Sm. 8°. pp. 138, (6), plates.
257. For the / Use of the Militia / of Pennsylvania. / An / Abstract / Of a System of /Military Discipline: /Framed by /The Hon. the Baron Steuben, / Major General and Inspector General of the / Armies of these United States. / Approved by / His Excellency General Washington. / Confirmed by / The Hon. the Congress. / Philadelphia:/ Printed by Francis Bailey, in Market-Street / M. DCC. LXXIX.
Sm. 8°. pp. 38.
258. Regulations / for the / Order and Discipline / of the / Troops of the / United States. / Part 1. / Hartford: / Printed and sold by Nathaniel Patten. / [1780]
8°. pp. 107 (1), 8, plates.
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259. Regulations / for the / Order and Discipline / of the / Troops / of the / United States. / Part 1. / Hartford: / Printed by Hudson & Goodwin. [1782.] 12°. pp. 89, (6), 8 plates.
260. Regulations / for the / Order and Discipline / of the / Troops/ of the / United States. / Part 1. / Philadelphia: / Printed by Charles Cist, at the corner of / Fourth and Arch-streets. M, DCC, LXXXV.
8°. pp. (4), 151 (7).
261. Regeln / für die / Ordnung und Disciplin / der / Truppen/der/ Vereinigten Staaten. / Erster Theil. / Aus dem Englischen übersetzt. / Philadelphia: / Gedruckt bey Carl Cist, No. 104, in der / Zweyten-strasse, /nah bey der Rehs-strasse, 1793.
8°. pp. 84, (4) 8 plates.
A copy is in the Library of Congress.
Editions were printed in nearly all the States in 1793 and 1794 to meet the requirements of the Militia act of May 8, 1792.
Washington's Proclamation on Deserters.
262. [Proclamation.]
The Proclamation is dated at Head Quarters, Middle Brook, March 10, 1779. It was printed in the Pennsylvania Packet, March 20, 1779.
"We have been informed that from the Want of extensive Circulation of the News Papers your Excellency's Proclamation in Favour of Deserters has not had the Effect it would have had were it more known to the Persons who are the Objects of it. We have had it struck off in Hand Bills and dispersed as far as the Time would admit." Board of War to Washingtons, April 13, 1779. Washington Papers, Letters to Washington, 31, folio 280.
Directions for Transmitting Currency.
263. Treasury-Office. April 5th, 1779. F°. Broadside.
Lottery Scheme.
264. United States Lottery. / The Scheme is, / That this Lottery consists of Four Classes, of One Hundred Thousand Tickets each. /..../ Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap, in Market-Street.
F°. Broadside.
A resolution of Congress of April 15, 1779, is contained in this broadside. A copy is in the Library of Congress, measuring 43 x 26 cms.
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Visiting the Enemy's Lines.
265. In Congress, / April 14, 1779. /....Philadelphia: Printed by Hall and Sellers. F°. Broadside.
A copy is in the Washington Papers, Letters to Washington, 93, folio 100. It measures 24 x 18 cms.
Treasury Reports.
266. Reports / of the / Board of Treasury f relative to Finance.
F°. 711.
See Journals, April 22, 1779.
A copy is in the Library Company of Philadelphia.
It contains seven reports, of which only No. II is dated, March 31, 1779 (adopted May 28, 1779). No. III was also adopted on May 28, No. IV, on May 21, and No. I, on July 30.
Report on Exchange of Prisoners.
267. Report / of / Commissioners / for / Settling a Cartel / for the / Exchange of Prisoners. / Philadelphia: / Printed by David C. Claypoole / Printer to the Honorable the Congress of / the United States of America. / MDCCLXXIX. 8°. pp. 20.
"Two dozen Copies of the Report of our Commissioners for Settling a Cartel are herewith sent. It is the wish of Congress that they may be conveyed to our Prisoners with the Enemy." Jay to Washington. June 4, 1779. Washington Papers, Letters to Washington, 93, folio 192.
Supernumerary Officers.
268. In Congress, / May 22, 1779. /....Philadelphia:
Printed by David C. Claypoole, Printer to / the Honorable the Congress of the United States of America. F°. Broadside.
It also contains the resolutions of November 24, 1778. A copy is in the Washington Papers; Letters to Washington, 93, folio 167. It measures 29 x 18½ cms.
Address to the States.
269. To the / Inhabitants / of the / United States of America. / Philadelphia: Printed by David C. Claypoole, Printer to the / Honorable the Congress of the United States of America. F°. 11.
It was printed in large type and double column, in the inside pages of the Pennsylvania Packet, May 29, 1779.
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270. State of Massachusetts-Bay. In Council, June 11, 1779. Resolved, That the following Address be printed in Hand-Bills and sent to the several Ministers of the Gospel &c. F°. Broadside.
A copy is in the Library of Congress. It measures 49 x 37½ cms.
271. To the / Inhabitants / of the / United States of America. / [Hartford, 1779.] F°. Broadside.
With the order of Jonathan Trumbull.
272. Circular Letter from Congress to sustain the credit of the United States. Poughkeepsie, 1779.
From an auction catalogue.
Report on Departments.
273. Report of the committee for regulating Departments, &c.
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"Ordered, That sixty copies be printed for the use of the members." Journals.
A copy is in the Library of Congress, in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 39, II, folio 62. It measures 30 x 18½ cms.
Treasury Ordinance.
274. In Congress, July 30, 1779. / Ordinance for establishing a Board of Treasury, and the proper / Officers for managing the Finances of these United States. F°. Broadside.
Prices of Soldiers' Clothing.
275. An Estimate of the Average Price in December / 1778, of the different Articles of Cloathing F°. Broadside.
Signed James Wilkinson, and dated as above. A copy is in the Washington Papers, Letters to Washington, 93, folio 338. It measures 30 x 18 cms.
Circular Letter to People.
276. A / Circular Letter / from the / Congress / of the / United States of America / to their / Constituents. / Philadelphia: / Printed by David C. Claypoole, / Printer to the Honorable the Congress.
8°. pp. 12.
See Journals, August 10 and September 13, 1779.
An Edition in German was printed by Styner and Cist.
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277. A / Circular Letter / from the / Congress / of the / United States of America / to their / Constituents. / Philadelphia: Printed September, 1779. / Boston: Re-printed by Order of the / General Assembly of the State of Massachusetts Bay. 8°. pp. 15.
278. A / Circular Letter / from the / Congress/of the/United States of America / to their / Constituents. / Philadelphia, Printed:/ New London: Re-printed by T. Green. 12°. pp. 19.
Thanksgiving Proclamation.
279. Proclamation / State of Massachusetts-Bay. / Council-chamber in Boston, November 3, 1779. / F°. Broadside.
A copy is in the Massachusetts Historical Society.
280. Proclamation .... Hartford: Printed by Hudson and Goodwin. F°. Broadside.
A copy is in the Massachusetts Historical Society. It measures 42 x 33 cms
Courts of Appeals.
281. [Report of a Committee appointed to prepare a plan for the establishment of courts of appeals for determining captures on water.]
See Journals, October 29, 1779.
Resolutions for Supplies.
282. In Congress, / November 25th, 1779. /..../ Philadelphia: Printed by David C. Claypoole, Printer to the Honorable the Congress.
F°. Broadside.
Table of Loan Office Certificates.
283. Table / of the Sums actually in circulation / between the 1st of September and the / 30th of November, 1779, inclusive, / and of the Sums that will be in circu- / lation from thence to the 28th of Fe- / bruary, 1780, to serve as a rule to / the Commissaries of the several Loan- / Offices of the United States in the / payment of interest due, / and that will become due, on Loan-Office Certifi- / cates. /..../ Philadelphia: Printed by David C. Claypoole.
8°. pp. 7.
Signed R. Troup.
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Prize Numbers in Lottery.
284. A / List / of the / Fortunate Numbers / in the / Second Class / of the / United States Lottery. / Philadelphia: / Printed by John Dunlap, in Market-street. / MDCCLXXIX. 8°. pp. 54.
Table of Interest.
285. A / Table / of the / First Years Interest / To be paid on the Monies which have / been placed in the several Continental / Loan Offices, between the 1st of June / and 1st of December 1778, calculated / for each day on which the Money may / have been deposited in pursuance of a Re- / solution of the Congress of the 29th of / June 1779. 8°. pp. 7.
Signed R. Troup.
Journals, January.
286. Journals / of / Congress / from Friday, January 1st, / to / Monday, February 1st, 1779. / Philadelphia: / Printed by David C. Claypoole, Printer to / the Congress of the United States of America. / MDCCLXXIX. F°. pp. 12.
See Journals, March 31, 1779.
Complete sets of this monthly and weekly issue are in the New York Public Library (Ford Collection) and the Pennsylvania Historical Society. The Library of Congress has all but the issue for January, 1779.
Journals. February,
287. Journals / of / Congress, / from / Monday, February 1st, / to / Monday, March 1st, 1779. / Philadelphia: / Printed by David C. Claypoole, / Printer to the Honorable the Congress of / the United States of America. 8°. pp. 50.
Journals. March.
288. Journals / of / Congress,/from/ Monday, March 1st,/to/ Tuesday, March 30, 1799, inclusive. / Philadelphia: / Printed by David C. Claypoole, / Printer to the Honorable the Congress of the United States of America. 8°. pp. 56.
Journals. Weekly Issues.
289. Journals / of / Congress, / from / Wednesday, March thirty-first,/ to / Saturday, April tenth, 1779, / inclusive. / Philadelphia: / Printed by David C. Claypoole, / Printer to the hon. the Congress of / the United Skates of America. 8°. pp. 24.
The first of the weekly parts. The titles of the following successive issues vary from this only as noted.
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290. * / Monday, April 12th, / to / Saturday, April 17th, 1779, / inclusive. / 8°. pp. 19.
291. * / Monday, April 19th, / to / Saturday, April 24th, 1779, / inclusive. / 8°. pp. 94.
292. * / Saturday, April 24th, / to / Monday, May 3d, 1779. / 8°. pp. 16.
293. * / Saturday, May 1st, / to / Monday, May 10th, 1779. / 8°. pp. 15.
294. * / Monday, May 10th, / to / Saturday, May 15th, 1779, / inclusive. / 8°. pp. 15.
295. * / Monday, May 17th, / to / Saturday, May 22d, 1779, / inclusive. 8°. pp.--
296. * / Monday, May 24th, / to / Saturday, May 29th, 1779, / inclusive. / 8°. pp. 20.
297. * [ Monday, May 31st, / to / Saturday, June 5th, 1779, / inclusive. / 8°. pp. 15.
298. * / Monday, June 7th, / to / Saturday, June 12th, 1779, / inclusive. / 8°. pp. 19.
299. * / Monday, June 14th, / to / Saturday, June 19th, 1779, / inclusive. / 8°. pp. 10.
300. * / Monday, June 21st, / to / Saturday, June 26th, 1779, / inclusive. / 8°. pp. 13.
301. * / Monday, June 28th, / to / Saturday, July 3d, 1779, / inclusive. / 8°. pp. 15.
302. * / Monday, July 5th, / to / Saturday, July 12th, 1779, / inclusive. / 8°. pp. 7.
303. * / Monday, July 12th, / to / Saturday, July 17th, 1779, / inclusive. / 8°. pp. 10.
304. * / Monday, July 19th, / to / Saturday, July 24th, 1779, / inclusive. / 8°. pp. 14.
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305. * / Monday, July 26th, / to / Saturday, July 31st, 1779, / inclusive./ 8°. pp. 16.
With this issue the imprint was changed to "Philadelphia: / Printed by David C. Claypoole, / Printer to the Honorable Congress," and so remained for the rest of the series.
306. * / Monday, August 2d, / to / Saturday, August 7th, 1779, / inclusive. / 8°. pp. 11.
307. * / Monday, August 9th, / to / Saturday, August 14th, 1779, / inclusive. / 8°. pp. 10.
308. * / Monday, August 16th, / to / Saturday, August 21st, 1779, / inclusive. / 8°. pp. 13.
309. * / Monday, August 23d, / to / Saturday, August 28th, 1779, / inclusive. / 8°. pp. 14.
310. */Monday, August 30th, / to / Saturday, September 4th, 1779, / inclusive. / 8°. pp. 12.
311. * / Monday, September 6th, / to / Saturday, September 11th, 1779, / inclusive. / 8°. pp. 10.
312. * / Monday, September 13th, / to / Saturday, September 18th, 1779, / inclusive. / 8°. pp. 22.
313. * / Monday, September 20th / to / Saturday, September 25th, 1779, / inclusive. / 8°. pp. 9.
314. * / Sunday, September 26th, / to / Saturday, October 2d, 1799, / inclusive. / 8°. pp. 11.
315. * / Monday, / October 4th, / to / Saturday, October 9th, 1779, inclusive. / 8°. pp. 11.
316. * / Monday, October 11th, / to / Saturday, October 16th, 1779, inclusive. / 8°. pp. 8.
317. * / Monday, October 18th, / to / Saturday, October 23d, 1779, / inclusive. / 8°. pp. 12.
318. * / Monday, October 25th, / to / Saturday, October 30th, 1779, / inclusive. / 8°. pp. 13.
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319. * / Monday, November 1st, / to / Saturday, November 6th, 1779, / inclusive. /
8°. pp. 7.
320. * / Monday, November 8th, / to / Saturday, November 12th, 1779, / inclusive. /
8°. pp. 11.
321. * / Monday, November 15th, / to / Saturday, November 20th, 1779, / inclusive. /
8°. pp. [19].
322. * / Monday, November 22d, / to / Saturday, November 27th, 1779, / inclusive. / 8
°. pp. 25.
323. * / Monday, November 29th, / to / Saturday, December 4th, 1779, / inclusive. /
8°. pp. 12.
324. * / Monday, December 6th, / to / Saturday, December 11th, 1799, / inclusive. /
8°. pp. 10.
325. * / Monday, December 13th, / to / Saturday, December 18th, 1779, / inclusive. /
8°. pp. 12.
326. * / Monday, December 20th, / to / Friday, December 31st, 1779, / inclusive. /
8°. pp. 16.
327. Journals / of / Congress. / Containing / the / Proceedings / from January 1, 1779, to January 1, 1780. / Published by Order of Congress. / Volume V. / Philadelphia: / Printed by David C. Claypoole. / M, DCC, LXXXII.
8°. pp. 464, (15), lxxiv.
In the first issue of this volume pages 25 and 28, and 29 and 32, backed each other and were duplicated. There were no pages 26, 27, 30 and 31. These errors are corrected in most copies. The Appendix is an account of the "Expenditures for the year 1779."
On June 19, 1779, the Board of War sent to General Washington three sets of printed Journals, volumes 1--3; the resolves from January to December, 1777, in sheets, and three sets "loose for Mar. and April, 1779, being all that are printed."
At the end of October the Commissioners of Accounts laid before Congress the following report:
Chamber of Accounts,
Philadelphia, October 30, 1779.
The Commissioners report,
That they have examined the account of David C. Claypoole, and from the best information they have been able to procure from other Printers, as to the different prices charged for Printing done by him; they find that he has overcharged
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charged in almost every article, but still they are at a loss how to settle the account, and can only give it as their opinion, that the Public would get their Printing Business done better and at a much cheaper rate, should the Honorable Congress authorise the Committee appointed to superintend the Press, or any other Person or Persons, to receive written proposals from the different Printers every three Months, or any other limited time: and the preference given to the most reasonable. In the meantime they beg leave to recommend that there should be advanced to David C. Claypoole, Twelve thousand Dollars on account, until said proposals shall be given in, from which the Commissioners expect they will be enabled to do justice to the Public and the Claimant.
They have likewise examined the account of Styner & Cist for printing a Circular Letter in German, and finding their charge extravagant beg leave to recommend that two hundred Dollars should be advanced to them on account until some method be fixed on to enable the Commissioners to settle such accounts with certainty.
Wm. Govett,
John D. Mercier.
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