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Book/Printed Material In Congress, April 3, 1776

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Title

  • In Congress, April 3, 1776 : Resolved, that every person intending to set forth and fit out a private ship or vessel of war, and applying for a commission or letters of marque and reprisal for that purpose, shall produce a writing, subscribed by him, containing the name, and tonnage or burthen of the ship or vessel, the number of her guns, with their weight of metal ...

Names

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

Created / Published

  • [Philadelphia : Printed by John Dunlap, 1776]

Headings

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

Notes

  • -  Signed: By order of Congress, [blank] president.
  • -  Imprint supplied from Evans.
  • -  Evans 15138
  • -  Journals of the Continental Congress, 105
  • -  LC copy signed in ms.: John Hancock. Annotated on verso: Duplicates.

Medium

  • 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 34 x 21 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Cont Cong no. 10

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90898009

Online Format

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  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Continental Congress, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. In Congress, April 3,: Resolved, that every person intending to set forth and fit out a private ship or vessel of war, and applying for a commission or letters of marque and reprisal for that purpose, shall produce a writing, subscribed by him, containing the name, and tonnage or burthen of the ship or vessel, the number of her guns, with their weight of metal. [Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap, 1776] Online Text. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/90898009/.

APA citation style:

United States Continental Congress & Continental Congress Broadside Collection. (1776) In Congress, April 3,: Resolved, that every person intending to set forth and fit out a private ship or vessel of war, and applying for a commission or letters of marque and reprisal for that purpose, shall produce a writing, subscribed by him, containing the name, and tonnage or burthen of the ship or vessel, the number of her guns, with their weight of metal. [Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap] [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/90898009/.

MLA citation style:

United States Continental Congress, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. In Congress, April 3,: Resolved, that every person intending to set forth and fit out a private ship or vessel of war, and applying for a commission or letters of marque and reprisal for that purpose, shall produce a writing, subscribed by him, containing the name, and tonnage or burthen of the ship or vessel, the number of her guns, with their weight of metal. [Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap, 1776] Online Text. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/90898009/>.