Book/Printed Material By the United States of America in Congress assembled. A proclamation, declaring the cessation of arms, as well by sea as by land, agreed upon between the United States of America and His Britannic Majesty, and enjoining the observance thereof.

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Title

  • By the United States of America in Congress assembled. A proclamation, declaring the cessation of arms, as well by sea as by land, agreed upon between the United States of America and His Britannic Majesty, and enjoining the observance thereof.

Names

  • United States. Continental Congress.
  • Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821.
  • Virginia. Governor (1781-1784 : Harrison)
  • Hayes, James, 1759-1804, printer.
  • Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Richmond : Printed by James Hayes, printer to the Commonwealth, [1783]

Headings

  • -  Great Britain.--Treaties, etc.--United States,--1782 Nov. 30
  • -  United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Peace
  • -  United States--Virginia--Richmond

Genre

  • Broadsides--Virginia--Richmond--1783
  • Proclamations--United States--1783
  • Proclamations--Virginia--1783
  • Broadsheet format (Printing)--Virginia--Richmond--1783

Notes

  • -  Caption title.
  • -  Signed: Done in Congress, at Philadelphia, this eleventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three ... Elias Boudinot, president. (Attest.) Charles Thomson, sec'ry.
  • -  Followed by: By His Excellency Benjamin Harrison, Esquire, governor of the commonwealth of Virginia. A Proclamation. ... Given ... this twenty-first day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three ...
  • -  Evans 18242
  • -  Journals of the Continental Congress, 402
  • -  LC copy annotated with numbers and calculations in ink on verso.
  • -  Source: Transfer from Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.
  • -  Formerly LCCN tes54-324. qr01 09-06-90

Medium

  • 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 33 x 20 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Cont Cong no. 83

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90898101

Online Format

  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Continental Congress, Elias Boudinot, Virginia. Governor, James Hayes, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. By the United States of America in Congress assembled. A proclamation, declaring the cessation of arms, as well by sea as by land, agreed upon between the United States of America and His Britannic Majesty, and enjoining the observance thereof. [Richmond: Printed by James Hayes, printer to the Commonwealth, 1783] Online Text. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/90898101/.

APA citation style:

United States Continental Congress, Boudinot, E., Virginia. Governor, Hayes, J. & Continental Congress Broadside Collection. (1783) By the United States of America in Congress assembled. A proclamation, declaring the cessation of arms, as well by sea as by land, agreed upon between the United States of America and His Britannic Majesty, and enjoining the observance thereof. [Richmond: Printed by James Hayes, printer to the Commonwealth] [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/90898101/.

MLA citation style:

United States Continental Congress, et al. By the United States of America in Congress assembled. A proclamation, declaring the cessation of arms, as well by sea as by land, agreed upon between the United States of America and His Britannic Majesty, and enjoining the observance thereof. [Richmond: Printed by James Hayes, printer to the Commonwealth, 1783] Online Text. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/90898101/>.