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Book/Printed Material By the United States in Congress assembled. March 17, 1785

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Title

  • By 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 national debt be ascertained with the utmost expedition ... Resolved, that all persons having unliquidated claims against the United States, be, and they are hereby required, within twelve months from the date hereof, to deliver a particular abstract of such claims to some commissioner ...

Names

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

Created / Published

  • [New York : s.n., 1785]

Headings

  • -  United States--Claims
  • -  Finance, Public--United States--History--To 1789

Notes

  • -  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
  • -  LC copy signed in ms.: Chas. Thomson, secy.

Medium

  • 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 43 x 26 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Cont Cong no. 116

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90898127

Online Format

  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Continental Congress, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. By the United States in Congress assembled.: Whereas it must conduce to the preservation of public credit, and the equal distribution of justice, that the amount of the national debt be ascertained with the utmost expedition ... Resolved, that all persons having unliquidated claims against the United States, be, and they are hereby required, within twelve months from the date hereof, to deliver a particular abstract of such claims to some commissioner. [New York: s.n, 1785] Online Text. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/90898127/.

APA citation style:

United States Continental Congress & Continental Congress Broadside Collection. (1785) By the United States in Congress assembled.: Whereas it must conduce to the preservation of public credit, and the equal distribution of justice, that the amount of the national debt be ascertained with the utmost expedition ... Resolved, that all persons having unliquidated claims against the United States, be, and they are hereby required, within twelve months from the date hereof, to deliver a particular abstract of such claims to some commissioner. [New York: s.n] [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/90898127/.

MLA citation style:

United States Continental Congress, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. By the United States in Congress assembled.: Whereas it must conduce to the preservation of public credit, and the equal distribution of justice, that the amount of the national debt be ascertained with the utmost expedition ... Resolved, that all persons having unliquidated claims against the United States, be, and they are hereby required, within twelve months from the date hereof, to deliver a particular abstract of such claims to some commissioner. [New York: s.n, 1785] Online Text. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/90898127/>.