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Book/Printed Material In Congress, Wednesday. April 3, 1776

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Title

  • In Congress, Wednesday. April 3, 1776 : Instructions to the commanders of private ships or vessels of war, which shall have commissions or letters of marque and reprisal, authorising them to make captures of British vessels and cargoes.

Names

  • United States. Continental Congress.
  • Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Philadelphia? : s.n., between 1777 and 1779]

Headings

  • -  Privateering--United States
  • -  United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prizes, etc
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Notes

  • -  Signed: By Congress, [blank] president.
  • -  "This form was reprinted, and continued to be in use ... certainly as late as 1780; the later editions being signed in ms. by the president of Congress"--Evans 15137.
  • -  Imprint date based on terms of the presidents of Congress who signed extant copies: NYPL copy signed by Henry Laurens (president, Nov. 1777-Dec. 1778); LC and Rhode Island Historical Society copies signed by John Jay (president, Dec. 1778-Sept. 1779).
  • -  Not in Evans or Bristol.
  • -  The third and fourth lines end: vessels, reprisal. In other editions the third and fourth lines end: vessels, them; shall, vessels; war, make.
  • -  Journals of the Continental Congress, 104
  • -  LC copy signed in ms.: John Jay.
  • -  Formerly U.S. Broadside portfolio 211, no. 3a.

Medium

  • 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 31 x 20 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Cont Cong no. 9b

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90898008

Online Format

  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Continental Congress, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. In Congress, Wednesday. April 3,: Instructions to the commanders of private ships or vessels of war, which shall have commissions or letters of marque and reprisal, authorising them to make captures of British vessels and cargoes. [Philadelphia?: s.n., between 1777 and 1779, 1777] Online Text. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/90898008/.

APA citation style:

United States Continental Congress & Continental Congress Broadside Collection. (1777) In Congress, Wednesday. April 3,: Instructions to the commanders of private ships or vessels of war, which shall have commissions or letters of marque and reprisal, authorising them to make captures of British vessels and cargoes. [Philadelphia?: s.n., between 1777 and 1779] [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/90898008/.

MLA citation style:

United States Continental Congress, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. In Congress, Wednesday. April 3,: Instructions to the commanders of private ships or vessels of war, which shall have commissions or letters of marque and reprisal, authorising them to make captures of British vessels and cargoes. [Philadelphia?: s.n., between 1777 and 1779, 1777] Online Text. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/90898008/>.