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Book/Printed MaterialTo the inhabitants, particularly the farmers, and planters of the State of Maryland. Brethren and fellow citizens. With silent concern, I have for some time observed chains forging for you, which cannot … Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Letter opposing poll tax for the clergy. Signed: Planter, Worcester County, Feb. 1, 1785. Not in Evans. Imprint 2. Conserved; 09-83-038.300 1983 Library of Congress Conservation Division. For treatment information, contact the Preservation Directorate. https://ask.loc.gov/preservation pda Scanned card stamped as no. 2597. LAC sba 2021-05-04. LAC sba 2021-05-04 create (1 card)- Contributor: Printed Ephemera Collection (Library of Congress) - Planter
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialThe scheme of a convention, between His Most Christian Majesty and the United States of North-America, for defining and regulating the functions and privileges of consuls, vice-consuls, agents and commissaries. Caption title. "Done at Versailles, the 29th July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four. Signed: Gravier de Vergennes, (L.S.), B. Franklin, (L.S.) Faithfully translated from the original, by John Pintard"--P. 11. Imprint supplied by Evans. Evans 19330 Journals of the Continental Congress, 442 LC copy annotated at top of p. [1]: M. Sedgwick. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web…- Contributor: Vergennes, Charles Gravier - Franklin, Benjamin - Sedgwick, Theodore - France - Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialProclamation. By the United States in Congress assembled : Whereas information has been received from the comptroller of the Treasury, that various certificates of final settlement issued by the commissioner for settling … Offering a reward of five hundred dollars for the arrest and conviction of persons guilty of forgery of certificates. Signed and dated: Done at New-York, this second day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five ... Richard Henry Lee, president. Charles Thomson, secretary. Imprint from Evans. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in JCC, v.…- Contributor: Thompson, E. - Lee, Richard Henry - United States. Continental Congress - Thomson, Charles - Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialThe committee consisting of [blank] to whom was referred a motion, submit the following report : To enable the commissioners of the continental loan-offices in the several states, to detect frauds in … "This report was delivered and printed on some unknown date between January 31 and May 13 [1785] ... See Journals for February 2"--Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 915. Listed twice by Bristol. B5976 suggests it was printed at Annapolis by John Dunlap in 1784. Not in Evans. Bristol B6190 Shipton & Mooney 44808 Journals of the Continental Congress, 447 Source: Transfer…- Contributor: Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Continental Congress
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialThe committee consisting of Mr. M'Henry, Mr. Dick, and Mr. Williamson, to whom was referred a motion of Mr. M'Henry, respecting invalids, submit the following resolves : Resolved, that it be recommended … Reported April 27, 1785. Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 921 (#472), an attribution later rejected. Cf. v. 33, p. 753. Evans 19297 Journals of the Continental Congress, 472 LC copy annotated to show amendments as reported in Congress June 7, 1785. Also available in digital form on the Library…- Contributor: Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Continental Congress
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialThe committee consisting of Mr. Williamson, Mr. Stewart and Mr. Hardy, to whom were referred a letter from the supreme executive of the state of Pennsylvania, dated 20th December, a letter dated … Report concerning fraudulent settlement certificates. This report largely matches the report entered Feb. 11, 1785 without the changes called for in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 28, p. 61-63. Imprint from Evans. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in JCC, v. 29, p. 915 (#449); but later volumes reject Dunlap as printer. Cf. JCC, v. 33, p. 753. Evans 19299…- Contributor: Johnson, William Samuel - United States. Continental Congress - Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialBy the United States in Congress assembled. February 23, 1785 : Resolved, that the quartermaster-general, commissary of purchases, commissary of issues, commissary of forage, and all the late heads of departments or … Imprint from Evans. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 916 (#451); but later volumes reject Dunlap as printer. Cf. JCC, v. 33, p. 753. Evans 19281 Journals of the Continental Congress, 451 LC copy signed in ms.: Chas. Thomson secy. Source: Transfer from Manuscript Division, Library of Congress. Also available in digital form…- Contributor: Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - Thomson, Charles - United States. Continental Congress
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialThe committee consisting of Mr. Gerry, Mr. Williamson and Mr. Hardy, to whom were referred a motion of Mr. Gerry, and a motion of Mr. Howell, submit the following resolves. Concerning the submission of claims against the United States. This draft was read Feb. 28, 1785; considered and passed March 17, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 28, p. 107-108, 166-169. Imprint from Evans. Ascribed at one time to the press of John Dunlap in Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 916 (#452), an attribution rejected later. Cf. v. 33,…- Contributor: Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Continental Congress
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialThe committee consisting of Mr. Howell, Mr. Monroe, Mr. Pinckney, Mr. R.R. Livingston and Mr. Gardner, appointed to revise the institution of the office of the Secretary of Congress, and to report … Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 916 (#453),an attribution later rejected. Cf. v. 33, p. 753. Evans 19295 Journals of the Continental Congress, 453 LC copy has extensive ms. additions and annotations in the hand of Charles Thomson, bringing the text into the form passed March 31, 1785. Also available…- Contributor: Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Continental Congress
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialAn ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory : Be it ordained by the United States in Congress assembled, that the territory ceded by individual states … "This ... is in the form in which it passed the 1st reading in 1780"--Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 917, which date it March 4, 1785. Imprint suggested by the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 33, p. 753; formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in v. 29, p. 917 (#454). Bristol gives Dunlap as printer and Philadelphia as…- Contributor: Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Continental Congress
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialThe committee consisting of Mr. Hardy, Mr. Houston, Mr. Read, Mr. Williamson, and Mr. Holten, to whom was referred the report of a committee on the state of southern Indian affairs, beg … This draft read March 4, 1785; amended report was delivered March 11. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 28, p. 118-120. Evans incorrectly gives March 11, 1785 as date of text. Imprint from Evans. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in JCC, v. 29, p. 917 (#455); but later volumes reject Dunlap as printer. Cf. JCC, v. 33, p. 753. Text…- Contributor: Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Continental Congress
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialThe committee to whom were referred the petition of het [sic] inhabitants of the Kaskaskies and its vicinity, and the papers relative thereto, report ... This draft read March 14, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 28, p. 155-157. Imprint suggested by JCC, v. 33, p. 753. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in JCC, v. 29, p. 918 (#458). Bristol gives Dunlap as printer and Philadelphia as place of publication. Bristol B6195 Shipton & Mooney 44814 Journals of the Continental Congress, 458 LC copy…- Contributor: Johnson, William Samuel - United States. Continental Congress - Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialAn ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory : Be it ordained by the United States of Congress assembled, that the territory ceded by individual states … "This imprint is in the form, apparently, in which the ordinance passed the 2d reading"--Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 918, which give date as March 16, 1785. Imprint from Journals ofthe Continental Congress, v. 33, p. 753; formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in v. 29, p. 918 (#459). Bristol gives Dunlap as printer and Philadelphia as place of…- Contributor: Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Continental Congress
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialBy the United States in Congress assembled. March 17, 1785 : Whereas it must conduce to the preservation of public credit, and the equal distribution of justice, that the amount of the … Two resolutions of the Continental Congress concerning the settling of accounts. Imprint suggested by the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 33, p. 753; fomerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in v. 29, p. 918 (#460). Bristol gives Dunlap as printer and Philadelphia as place of printing. Not in Evans. Bristol B6188 Shipton & Mooney 44806 Journals of the Continental Congress, 460…- Contributor: Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Continental Congress
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialThe committee consisting of [blank] to whom was referred a motion of Mr. Monroe's, submit the following report : That in the ninth of the Articles of Confederation, the words between "provided" … The Continental Congress met in New York from Jan. 11, 1785 to July 24, 1789. Not in Evans, Bristol or Shipton & Mooney. LC copy annotated on verso: Trade ... Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Formerly Cont Cong Bside no. 244. qr01 06-14-90 Formerly LCCN tes52-818. qr01 06-14-90- Contributor: Printed Ephemera Collection (Library of Congress) - Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Continental Congress
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialThe committee to whom were referred a letter from Baron de Steuben, dated New-York, February 5, 1785, beg leave to submit the following report. Report recommending the reimbursement of Baron von Steuben for military services rendered. This draft of text read March 17, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 28, p. 170-172. Evans incorrectly gives March 23, 1785 as date of text. Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 918 (#461), an attribution later…- Contributor: Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Continental Congress
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialThe committee consisting of [blank] to whom was referred the motion of Mr. Monroe, submit the following report : That the first paragraph of the ninth of the Articles of Confederation be … Read March 28, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 28, p. 201-205. Imprint from Evans. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in JCC, v. 29, p. 919 (#462); but later volumes reject Dunlap as printer. Cf. JCC, v. 33, p. 753. Evans 19301 Journals of the Continental Congress, 462 LC copy annotated at bottom of p. [2]: Regulation of trade.…- Contributor: Johnson, William Samuel - United States. Continental Congress - Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialBy the United States in Congress assembled. March 31, 1785 : An ordinance for the regulation of the office of the Secretary of Congress. Caption title. Imprint from Evans. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 919 (#463); but later volumes reject Dunlap as printer. Cf. JCC, v. 33, p. 753. Evans 19282 Journals of the Continental Congress, 463 LC copy annotated on blank p. [4]: Ordinance for regulating the office of the Secretary of Congress. March…- Contributor: Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Continental Congress
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialThe grand committee consisting of Mr. Howell, Mr. Foster, Mr. King, Mr. Cook, Mr. Platt, Mr. Cadwallader, Mr. Henry, Mr. Bedford, Mr. M'Henry, Mr. Hardy, Mr. Williamson, Mr. Pinckney and Mr. Houstoun, … Read March 31, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 28, p. 214-220. Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 919 (#464), an attribution later rejected. Cf. v. 33, p. 753. Evans 19308 Journals of the Continental Congress, 464 LC copy annotated largely in accord with form of resolution reached April…- Contributor: Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Continental Congress
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialThe committee to whom was referred a motion of Mr. R.R. Livingston, and two motions of Mr. Monroe, relative to the western posts, together with a letter from Major North, submit the … Report concerning the defense of the frontier, given April 1, 1785. Imprint supplied by Evans. Evans 19303 Journals of the Continental Congress, 465 Source: Transfer from Manuscript Department, Library of Congress. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Continental Congress
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialThe committee to whom were referred a letter of the [blank] of December from the Honorable Cyrus Griffin and John Lowell, Esquires, judges of the Court of Appeals, and a motion of … Two reports given April 4, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 28, p. 230. Imprint suggested by JCC, v. 33, p. 753. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in JCC, v. 29, p. 920 (#466). Bristol gives Dunlap as printer and Philadelphia as place of publication. Includes: The committee to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Elliss, praying a…- Contributor: Williamson, Hugh - United States. Continental Congress - Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialThe committee consisting of, &c. to whom was referred a motion of Mr. King, for the exclusion of involuntary servitude in the states described in the resolve of Congress of the 23d … Members of the committee: Mr. King, Mr. Howell, and Mr. Ellery. Imprint from Evans. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 920 (#467); but later volumes reject Dunlap as printer. Cf. JCC, v. 33, p. 753. Evans 19296 Journals of the Continental Congress, 467 LC copy annotated on verso: Exclusion of slavery in…- Contributor: Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Continental Congress
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialAn ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory : Be it ordained by the United States in Congress assembled, that the territory ceded by individual states … "This imprint seems to be the re-committed ordinance noted in the Journals of April 14 as read the first time"--Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 920-921, which dates text as April 12, 1785. Evans incorrectly gives date as May 20, 1785. Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 920 (#468),…- Contributor: Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Continental Congress
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialThe grand committee to whom was recommitted a report, on the subject of supplies for the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, submit the following report. Read April 14, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 921. Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 921 (#469), an attribution later rejected. Cf. v. 33, p. 753. Evans 19309 Journals of the Continental Congress, 469 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Continental Congress
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialThe committee to whom was referred the memorial of Mr. P. Landais, report : that they have examined the claims and accounts of Mr. P. Landais, late captain of the frigate Alliance … Reported April 18, 1785. Imprint from Evans. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 921 (#470); but later volumes reject Dunlap as printer. Cf. JCC, v. 33, p. 753. Evans 19305 Journals of the Continental Congress, 470 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Continental Congress
- Date: 1785
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