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
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Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789
PRINCIPAL CONTENTS
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Prefatory note ... V
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Accounts, claims, etc. ... 3n, 9--10, 20--21, 33, 42--44, 61--63, 73--74, 81--82, 92--94, 107--108, 166--169, 215, 225, 237, 244, 259--261, 324, 340, 389, 416--418, 433--435, 447, 473--474, 529, 536--539, 565--566, 580, 584--585, 587--593, 599--606, 615--618, 695--700, 820--821, 866.
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Currency problems: Coinage, counterfeiting, depreciation, etc. ... 6n, 8n, 14n, 19n, 20n, 26, 32--33, 35, 46n, 47n, 64, 131--132, 199--200, 206, 225, 268, 354--358, 448, 499--500, 577, 653--654, 670, 770.
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Regulation of Treasury ... 6n, 8n, 18, 20--21, 34, 38, 92, 117, 124--125, 219, 257, 404n, 471, 551--558, 583--585, 647, 664--668, 670, 681, 709--714, 794--795, 871.
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National Debt ... 21, 62, 93, 107, 168, 214--220, 264--267, 331, 394n, 443--452, 473, 543--544, 551--552, 577--581, 585, 603--605, 607, 697, 738--751, 754--763, 765--771.
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Diplomatic Relations ... 7n, 12, 27, 45, 59, 65, 88, 123, 139, 158n, 187, 189, 242, 275, 287, 314, 345, 393, 418, 442, 474, 494, 500--515, 522, 531, 561, 567, 598, 599, 631, 637, 651, 658, 673, 679, 714, 753, 812, 817, 828, 842, 847, 863, 897.
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Possession of frontier posts ... 30, 45--46, 88--89, 223--224, 239--241, 679--680
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Indian affairs ... 4n, 6n, 63n, 66n, 118--120, 125--126, 136--139, 159--162, 172--174, 178--181, 183--184, 195, 234--237, 330--333, 404--405, 423--426, 430--431, 459--462, 487--488, 633--634, 690--691, 705--707, 735--737, 806, 822, 903.
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Foreign commerce ... 46, 59, 61, 139, 201--205, 366--369, 418--422, 443, 475, 723, 733, 817--820, 821, 843, 847, 855.
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Development of executive machinery ... 18, 20, 21, 56, 84, 92, 103, 109, 158, 159, 174, 211, 394, 402, 406, 466, 468, 484, 500, 525, 559, 562, 567, 574, 595, 631, 647, 664, 684, 722, 764, 792, 831, 851, 905.
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Courts ... 38, 201, 211, 230, 263n, 320, 351, 370, 408, 413, 440, 491, 582, 661, 728, 796, 851, 865.
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Federal buildings ... 48, 54, 134, 165, 232, 238, 734
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Committee of the States ... 104, 248, 257, 728
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Government in the West ... 4n, 28--29, 67--68, 164--165, 239, 330--333, 810--812, 822--823, 829--830, 907--909.
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Public lands ... 28--29, 114, 234--237, 251--256, 264, 268n, 284--285, 290--291, 292--296, 298--303, 309--310, 316--317, 323, 326--329, 335--340, 342--343, 370--373, 375--381 (Ordinance of 1785), 398, 441--442, 460--462, 472, 488, 703.
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Cessions of western lands ... 69, 262, 271--273, 280--284, 381--387
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Boundary Questions (see also Courts) ... 125, 128n, 163, 172, 180, 235--237, 287, 361n, 365n, 408--410, 562--563, 568, 703, 753--754, 781--786, 830n.
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Slavery ... 19n, 164--165, 239
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Military affairs ... 223--224, 239--241, 247--248, 334--335, 352--353, 369--370, 390--391, 395--396, 486, 866--868.
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Maritime and naval affairs ... 352, 364n, 390, 395, 416, 422--423, 484, 751n, 833--834, 842--844.
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Weights and measures ... 647
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Requisitions for supplies (ways and means) ... 15, 214--220, 231--233, 260, 264--268, 319, 542--549, 570--571, 577--581, 585--593, 607--609, 686--687, 708--714, 716--719, 734--735, 738--751, 754--763, 765--771, 823--824, 843, 857--858.
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Bibliographical notes ... 915--931
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