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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 --PRINCIPAL CONTENTS

Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789
PRINCIPAL CONTENTS

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• Prefatory note ... VII
• Regulations for Clothing Department ... 11, 662
• Treaty with Holland ... 17, 876
• Treatment of Prisoners ... 27, 147, 195, 229, 299, 529
• Peace Negotiations ... 41

  Instructions to Commissioners ... 605, 608, 611, 615, 651

• Department of Foreign Affairs ... 42
• Pay of officers ... 49, 237
• Affairs of the Treasury ... 53
• Circular Letter to States ... 581 585, 1174
• Medical Department ... 68, 292, 1093
• Disturbances in Pennsylvania ... 79
• Five per cent duty on imports ... 102, 105, 110, 112, 124, 295, 421
• Civil Executive Departments ... 126, 155
• Articles of Confederation ... 138, 192, 208, 214

  Powers of Congress under ... 469

  Exposition of ... 894

• Debts of the United States ... 160
• Treaty with Spain ... 151,551
• Commendation of John Paul Jones ... 200, 390

  Medal for ... 386, 391

• Case of Henry Laurens ... 227
• Rank in Army ... 242, 540
• Commercial intercourse with Great Britain ... 270
• fast-day proclamation ... 284
• Robert Morris ... 288
• French Alliance ... 308

  Financial and military aid ... 556

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• Ordinance for capture and condemnation of prizes ... 314
• Superintendant of finance duties ... 326

  Powers ... 432

• Thanks to French officers ... 349
• Loan-office certificates ... 350

  Destruction of ... 376, 495

• Courts for piracies ... 354

  Of appeal in cases of capture ... 374

  Ordinance 761

• Instructions for privateers ... 361
• Conference with French Minister ... 371, 562, 669, 975, 986, 998
• Scheme of finance ... 378
• Public debts and statement of finances ... 402

  Liquidation of debts ... 524

• Public credit, ordinance for ... 438
• Rules for Congress ... 476
• Expenses of coming campaign ... 501,523
• Plan for national bank ... 545
• Arthur Lee's accounts ... 574
• Retaliation report ... 582, 620, 779, 829, 973, 977
• Depreciation report ... 702
• Report on land cessions ... 704
• Treaty of commerce with Great Britain ... 713, 746
• Navy affairs ... 724

  Plan ... 764

• Consul in France ... 735
• Consular convention with France ... 792
• Vermont question ... 824, 836, 887
• Captures on water, ordinance ... 861, 961, 1152, 1153
• Execution of Isaac Hayne ... 917, 927
• Ordinance for regulating Treasury ... 948
• virginia and the land companies ... 1057
• Thanksgiving proclamation ... 1074

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• Surrender at Yorktown ... 1080
• Funds from the States ... 1090
• Controversy between Pennsylvania and Connecticut ... 1116
• General Washington attends ... 1143
• Letter to the King of France ... 1145
• Bank of North America ordinance ... 1187
• Standing committees ... 1193
• Bibliographical notes ... 1197

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