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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: United States. Continental Congress - Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of 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: United States. Continental Congress - Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialThe secretary of the United States for the Department of Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred the papers herewith enclosed, respecting the eastern boundary line of the said states, reports ... Recommending that commissioners be appointed to hear and decide boundary disputes with Great Britain; read April 21, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 28, p. 287-290. Signed by John Jay. Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 921 (#471), an attribution later rejected. Cf. v. 33, p. 753. Evans 19323…- Contributor: United States. Dept. Of Foreign Affairs - Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Department of Foreign Affairs - Jay, John
- 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. Concerning provisions for disabled servicemen. Read April 27, 1785. Imprint from Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 33, p. 753. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in JCC, v. 29, p. 921 (#472). Journals of the Continental Congress, 472 LC copy has ms. annotations largely conforming to the text printed in the Journals of the Continental Congress for the report of April…- Contributor: United States. Continental Congress - Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialThe committee to whom was referred the letter of the commissioners authorised to form treaties with the Indian tribes, having conferred with the said commissioners upon the subject of their letter, and … Read May 3, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 28, p. 330-333. Evans incorrectly gives June 15, 1785 as date of text. Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 922 (#473), an attribution later rejected. Cf. v. 33, p. 753. Evans 19304 Journals of the Continental Congress, 473 LC copy…- Contributor: United States. Continental Congress - Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialIn Congress, August 28, 1776 : Resolved, that there be an inspector or inspectors sufficiently qualified to judge the goodness of gun-powder, who shall examine every cask of gun-powder manufactured or to … Signed: By order of Congress, John Hancock, president. Imprint supplied from Evans. Evans 15166 Journals of the Continental Congress, 125 LC copy annotated on verso: Resolve of Congress of August 28th 1776 for appointing inspectors of gunpowder, &c. Source: Transfer from Manuscript Division, Library of Congress. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: Hancock, John - United States. Continental Congress - Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - Dunlap, John
- Date: 1776
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Book/Printed MaterialPropositions respecting the coinage of gold, silver, and copper. Report of the grand committee of the Continental Congress, read May 13, 1785; with the plan of Robert Morris, dated January 15, 1782, and Notes on the establishment of a money unit, and of a coinage for the United States, by Thomas Jefferson. In consequence of this report, the Continental Congress on July 6, 1785, adopted the dollar as the unit of coinage, and…- Contributor: Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Continental Congress - Morris, Robert - Jefferson, Thomas
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialOffice for Foreign Affairs, 13th May, 1785 : The secretary of the United States for the Department of Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred a letter of the 21st March last, from … Read May 13, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 18, p. 361. Signed: All of which is submitted to the wisdom of Congress. John Jay. Imprint from Evans. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in JCC, v. 29, p. 922 (#476); but later volumes reject Dunlap as printer. Cf. JCC, v. 33, p. 753. Evans 19318 Journals of the Continental…- Contributor: United States. Dept. Of Foreign Affairs - Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - Jay, John
- 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 … Text dated May 18, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 923. Imprint from Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 33, p. 753; formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in JCC, v. 29, p. 923 (#477). Bristol gives Dunlap as printer and Philadelphia as place of printing. Bristol B6201 Journals of the Continental Congress, 477 LC copy annotated by…- Contributor: King, Rufus - United States. Continental Congress - Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - Johnson, William Samuel
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialBy the United States in Congress assembled. April 23, 1784 : Resolved, that so much of the territory ceded, or to be ceded by individual states, to the United States, as is … Title from caption and opening lines of text. Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 923 (#478), an attribution later rejected. Cf. v. 33, p. 753. "May 20, 1785. An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory": p. [2-4]. Signed on p. [4]: Richard Henry…- Contributor: United States. Continental Congress - Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - United States - Lee, Richard Henry
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialBy the United States in Congress assembled. April 23, 1784 : Resolved, that so much of the territory ceded, or to be ceded by individual states, to the United States, as is … Title taken from caption title and opening lines of text. "May 20, 1785. An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory": p. [2-4]. Signed on p. [4]: Done by the United States in Congress assembled, the twentieth day of May [1785] ... Richard Henry Lee, p. Charles Thomson, sec'ry. Imprint from colophon. Date of publication supplied by Bristol.…- Contributor: Thomson, Charles - United States. Continental Congress - Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - United States - Hudson & Goodwin - Lee, Richard Henry
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialThe committee consisting of Mr. Pinckney, Mr. R.R. Livingston, Mr. King, Mr. Monroe and Mr. Johnson, to whom were referred a letter of the [blank] of December, from the Honorable Cyrus Griffin … Concerning the judges of the Court of Appeals in Cases of Capture, and certain cases pending. Read June 1, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 28, p. 413-414. Imprint suggested by JCC, v. 33, p. 753. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in JCC, v. 29, p. 923 (#479). Bristol gives Dunlap as printer and Philadelphia as place of publication.…- Contributor: Johnson, William Samuel - United States. Continental Congress - Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialArticles of a treaty, concluded at Fort Stanwix, on the twenty-second day of October, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, between Oliver Wolcott, Richard Butler and Arthur Lee, commissioners plenipotentiary from the … Two treaties; the first, Oct. 22, 1784; the second, Jan. 21, 1785. Cf. Evans 18817, 19278; Journals of the Continental Congress, 480. Caption title. Signed by Wolcott, Butler, and Lee; by 12 representatives of the Six Nations; and by 13 witnesses. Imprint supplied by Evans 19278. Evans 18817 suggests date as 1784 and printer as Isaac Collins?, Trenton; but the text of the 1785…- Contributor: Wolcott, Oliver - Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - United States - Clark, George Rogers - Six Nations
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialBy the United States in Congress assembled. June 7, 1785 : Resolved, that it be and it is hereby recommended to the several states, to make provision for officers, soldiers or seamen, … Printer from Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 924; place and date from Evans. Evans 19284 Journals of the Continental Congress, 481 LC copy signed in ms.: Charles Thomson, secy. Source: Transfer from Manuscript Division, Library of Congress. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: United States. Continental Congress - Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialThat upon supplies furnished by impressment or otherwise, or services rendered by individuals, to the United States, from the year 1781, to the present period--the claims whereof against the United States, by … Motion made by James Monroe, June 22, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 28, p. 473-474. Ascribed to the press of Francis Childs by Bristol and JCC, v. 29, p. 924. Not in Evans. Bristol B6197 Shipton & Mooney 44816 Journals of the Continental Congress, 482 LC copy annotated on verso: Propositions respecting the discounts of interest. Also available in digital form…- Contributor: Monroe, James - United States. Continental Congress - Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - Childs, Francis
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialOffice for Foreign Affairs, July 4, 1785 : The secretary of the United States for the Department of Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred a copy of the convention respecting French and … Comparing the scheme and actual convention and stating objections to the present form of the latter. "Read July 6, 1785"--Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 515. Title taken from the opening lines of text. Signed on p. 9: All which is submitted to the wisdom of Congress. John Jay. Imprint from Evans. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in JCC,…- Contributor: United States. Dept. Of Foreign Affairs - Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Department of Foreign Affairs - Jay, John
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialPhiladelphia, September 17. The following papers are published by order of Congress : Extract of a letter from General Washington to the President of Congress, dated New-York, August 18. Imprint from Evans. Washington's letter encloses letters from Lord Drummond and General Howe, regarding propositions for a basis of reconciliation; followed by resolutions of the Continental Congress dated Sept. 5 and 6, 1776, and a report of the committee appointed to meet with Lord Howe concerning those propositions. Evans 15168 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Continental Congress - Washington, George - Dunlap, John
- Date: 1776
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Book/Printed MaterialThe committee consisting of Mr. Gerry, Mr. Ellery and Mr. Wilson, to whom was referred a petition and sundry papers of Mr. Oliver Pollock, late an agent of the United States at … Read July 12, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 531-532. Imprint suggested by JCC, v. 33, p. 753. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in JCC, v. 29, p. 924 (#484). Bristol gives Dunlap as printer and Philadelphia as place of publication. Not in Evans. Bristol B6191 Shipton & Mooney 44809 Journals of the Continental Congress, 484 LC…- Contributor: Gerry, Elbridge - United States. Continental Congress - Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of 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. "Printed for the use of the Committee of the Whole, July 14." Read July 18, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 543-547. Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 141 (#485), and attribution later rejected. Cf. v. 33, p. 753. Evans 19311 Journals of the Continental Congress, 485…- Contributor: United States. Continental Congress - Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of 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 ehigty-five [sic], submit the following report. Read July 18, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 925. Imprint from Evans. Evans 19310 Journals of the Continental Congress, 487 LC copy annotated by William S. Johnson with additions and changes. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: United States. Continental Congress - Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Board of Treasury, on the motion of the Honorable Mr. Howell, of the 8th July instant, beg leave to report : that the settlement of the accounts of the several states … Resolves concerning the commissioners of public accounts in the respective states. Read July 14, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 536-539. Signed: All of which is humbly submitted, Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston. Imprint suggested by JCC, v. 33, p. 753. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in JCC, v. 29, p. 925 (#486). Bristol gives Dunlap as printer…- Contributor: Livingston, Walter - Osgood, Samuel - United States. Board of Treasury - Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - Gerry, Elbridge
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialBy the United States in Congress assembled. July 27, 1785 : Resolved, that the Secretary of Congress apply to the executives of the several states, for thirteen copies of the legislative acts … Title taken from caption title and opening lines of text. Imprint from Evans. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 925 (#488); but later volumes reject Dunlap as printer. Cf. JCC, v. 33, p. 753. Evans 19285 Journals of the Continental Congress, 488 Source: Transfer from Manuscript Department, Library of Congress. Also available in…- Contributor: United States. Continental Congress - Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Board of Treasury to whom was referred on the 7th July inst. a paper from le Sieur Marbois, charge des affaires of His Most Christian Majesty, dated 16th May last, report … Concerning loan-office certificates held by foreigners. Read August 2, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 599-606. Signed: All of which is, with deference to the judgment of Congress, submitted. Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston. Board of Treasury, 30th July, 1785. Imprint suggested by JCC, v. 33, p. 753. Bristol gives Dunlap as printer and Philadelphia as place of publication. The Continental…- Contributor: Livingston, Walter - Osgood, Samuel - United States. Board of Treasury - Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - Johnson, William Samuel
- Date: 1785
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Book/Printed MaterialThe grand committee consisting of Mr. Foster, Mr. Gerry, Mr. Howell, Mr. Cook, Mr. Lawrance, Mr. Cadwallader, Mr. Pettit, Mr. Hindman, Mr. Hardy, Mr. Cumming, Mr. Read and Mr. Houstoun, to whom … Report concerning the settlement of accounts with the states. Read August 5, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 615-619. Imprint from Evans. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in JCC, v. 29, p. 926 (#490); but later volumes reject Dunlap as printer. Cf. JCC, v. 33, p. 753. Evans 19307 Journals of the Continental Congress, 490 LC copy…- Contributor: 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. August 17, 1785 : On the report of a committee, to whom was referred a motion of Mr. Pinckney : whereas many states in the … Includes an order to transmit this and two previous resolves to the state legislatures. Title taken from caption title and opening lines of text. Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 926 (#491), an attributyion later rejected. Cf. v. 33, p. 753. Evans 19286 Journals of the Continental Congress, 491 LC…- Contributor: United States. Continental Congress - Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1785
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