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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
Hospital Department.
375. By the United States in Congress assembled, January 3, 1782.
4.° Broadside in two columns.
Report of Clark, Cornell and Motte. A copy is in the John Carter Brown Library. It measures 20.5 × 21 cms.
Ordinance for Marine Captures.
376. An Ordinance / For Amending the Ordinance, ascertaining what Captures on Water / shall be lawful.
Fo. Broadside.
A copy is in the John Carter Brown Library. It measures 34.5 × 21 cms.
Plan of Inspector's Department.
377. By the United States, in Congress assembled, / January 10, 1782. / Plan for conducting the Inspector's Department.
Fo. Broadside.
Plan reported by Cornell, Lovell and Motte, in place of that adopted September 25, 1780.
Court Martial on Howe.
378. Proceedings / of a / General Court Martial, / Held at Philadelphia, / In the State of / Pennsylvania, / By Order of his Excellency / General Washington, / Commander in Chief / of the Army of / The United States of America, / For the Trial of / Major General Howe, / December 7, 1781. / Major General Baron Steuben, President. / Philadelphia: / Printed by Hall and Sellers, in Market-Street. / M,DCC,LXXXII.
Fo pp. 31.
A mutilated copy is in the Library of Congress; the last seven pages are missing. The report of the proceedings acquitting General Howe was received, read in Congress and approved, January 24.
"February 19, 1782:...A letter of 15 from major general R. Howe was read, requesting that the proceedings of the general court martial on his trial be printed by Congress." Journal.
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Determination of Quotas.
379. By the United States in Congress assembled./
Whereas it is become indispensably necessary to settle and / adjust, and finally to determine the proportions to be home by the / several states of the expences of the war ....
Fo. Broadside.
A copy is in the Library of Congress, signed by Charles Thomson. It measures 32.5 × 20 cms
Resolution on Exchange.
380. By the United States in Congress assembled. / February 23, 1782.
Fo. Broadside.
Refusing to exchange Lieutenant General Charles, Earl Cornwallis, "not from any apprehensions of his influence or superior abilities; but because they look upon him not in the light of a British general, but a barbarian." It also relates to the parole of Henry Laurens, and the maintenance of British prisoners.
Ordinance for Marine Captures.
381. An Ordinance / For further amending the Ordinance, / ascertaining what / captures on water shall be lawful.
Narrow Fo. Broadside.
A copy is in the Massachusetts Historical Society. It measures 20.6 × 12.4 cms.
Fast-day Proclamation.
382. Proclamation. / The Goodness of the supreme Being to all his rational Creatures, demands their Ac-/ knowledgements of Gratitude and Love; ... / ... / Done by the United States in Congress assembled, this nineteenth Day of March, in the Year / of Lord One Thousand seven Hundred and eighty-two, ... / ... New-London: Printed by Timothy Green, Printer to the Governor and Company./
Fo. Broadside.
Followed by a proclamation by Governor Trumbull, dated April 10, 1782.
A copy is in the Library of Congress. It measures 33.5 × 21.5 cms.
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Distribution of Prizes.
383. An Ordinance for the better Distribution of / Prizes in certain Cases. /
Be it ordained....
12°. Broadside.
A copy is in the Library of Congress. It measures 13 × 11 cms.
Hospital Department.
384. By the United States/in Congress assembled, July 23d, 1782./
Resolved, / That in conducting the business of the General Hospital,..../
Fo. Broadside of two columns.
Report of Montgomery, Clark and Ramsay. A copy is in the Library of Congress, Washington Papers. It measures 40.5 × 30.5 cms.
Arrangement of the Army.
385. By the United States in Congress assembled, August 7, 1782. / Resolved, / That the secretary at war, on or before the / first day of January next, cause the non- / commissioned officers and privates....
4°. Broadside of two columns.
Report of Cornell, Izard, Osgood, Bland and Duane, a committee on the "most just and practicable means of reducing the expenditures of the United States in the several departments".
A copy is in the Library of Congress. It measures 21 × 17 cms.
Adherence to Alliance with France.
386. By the United States in Congress assembled. / October 4, 1782./
Whereas by the articles of confederation and perpetual union, the sole and exclusive right of making peace,....
Narrow Fo. Broadside.
A copy is in the Massachusetts Historical Society, signed by Thomson. It measures 23 × 9 cms.
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Notice to Contractors.
387. Office of Finance, October 10, 1782.
12°. Broadside.
Public notice to contractors for continental supplies to send in estimates for rations of 1783.
Thanksgiving-day Proclamation.
388. By the United States in Congress assembled./ Proclamation./It being the indispensable duty of all Nations, not only to offer up their suppli- / cations to Almighty God, the giver of all good, for his gracious assistance /....../ Done in Congress, at Philadelphia, the eleventh day of October, in the year of our/ Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two, ......./ Printed at Exeter./
Fo. Broadside.
Preceded by an order to observe the day, dated November 1,1782, and signed by Governor Wears.
A copy is in the Library of Congress. It measures 34 × 21.5 cms.
Regulations for Quartermaster General's Department.
389. Regulations for the Quarter Master General's Department./ By the United States in Congress assembled, October 23, 1782. /
Fo. Broadside in two columns.
Report by Osgood, Izard, Bland and Duane. A copy is in the Library of Congress. It measures 35 × 23 cms.
Ordinance for Post Office.
390. General Post-Office, October 24th, 1782. / Extract from an Ordinance passed by the United States of America in Congress Assembled, October 18, 1782, entitled / An Ordinance for Regulating the Post-Office of the United States of America / [signed] James Bryson, Assistant.
Fo. Broadside.
The draft of an ordinance erecting a post office was reported to Congress July 19, by Scott, Clark and Atlee, was read a second time October 2, and was adopted October 18. A supplemental ordinance was adopted October 28.
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Quartermaster General's Department.
391. By the United States in Congress assembled, / October 29, 1782. /
Fo. Broadside.
Additional regulations for rations in the Quartermaster General's Department, reported by Osgood, Izard, Bland and Duane.
A copy is in the John Carter Brown Library, on verso of the regulations of October 23.
Receipts and Expenditures.
392. A general View of Receipts and Expenditures of Public Monies, by Authority from the Superintendent of Finance, from the Time of his entering on / the Administration of the Finances, to the 31st December, 1781. / ... / [signed] Joseph Nourse, Register./Register's office, November 18, 1782./
Oblong f°. Broadside.
A copy is in the Library of Congress. It measures 24.5 × 38 cms.
Rules for Troops.
393. 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. / Philadelphia: Printed in the Year / 1782./
12° pp. 39.
A copy is in the Library of Congress, Colonial Pamphlets, Volume 5, Number 3. It is a reprint of the Rules and Articles of 1776 (see No. 127) with two articles of 1777 added. There are some errors in numbering the sections.
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