Book/Printed Material The committee consisting of Mr. Howell, Mr. Monroe, Mr. Pinckney, Mr. R.R. Livingston and Mr. Gardner, appointed to revise the institution of the office of the Secretary of Congress, and to report such alterations as they may judge necessary, beg leave to report the following draft of an ordinance : An ordinance for the regulation of the office of Secretary of Congress, and for extending it to the Home Department.

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Title

  • The committee consisting of Mr. Howell, Mr. Monroe, Mr. Pinckney, Mr. R.R. Livingston and Mr. Gardner, appointed to revise the institution of the office of the Secretary of Congress, and to report such alterations as they may judge necessary, beg leave to report the following draft of an ordinance : An ordinance for the regulation of the office of Secretary of Congress, and for extending it to the Home Department.

Names

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

Created / Published

  • [New York : s.n., 1785]

Headings

  • -  United States.--Continental Congress--Officials and employees

Notes

  • -  Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 916 (#453),an attribution later rejected. Cf. v. 33, p. 753.
  • -  Evans 19295
  • -  Journals of the Continental Congress, 453
  • -  LC copy has extensive ms. additions and annotations in the hand of Charles Thomson, bringing the text into the form passed March 31, 1785.

Medium

  • 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 43 x 26 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Cont Cong no. 111

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90898120

Online Format

  • image
  • online text

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United States Continental Congress, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. The committee consisting of Mr. Howell, Mr. Monroe, Mr. Pinckney, Mr. R.R. Livingston and Mr. Gardner, appointed to revise the institution of the office of the Secretary of Congress, and to report such alterations as they may judge necessary, beg leave to report the following draft of an ordinance: An ordinance for the regulation of the office of Secretary of Congress, and for extending it to the Home Department. [New York: s.n, 1785] Online Text. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/90898120/.

APA citation style:

United States Continental Congress & Continental Congress Broadside Collection. (1785) The committee consisting of Mr. Howell, Mr. Monroe, Mr. Pinckney, Mr. R.R. Livingston and Mr. Gardner, appointed to revise the institution of the office of the Secretary of Congress, and to report such alterations as they may judge necessary, beg leave to report the following draft of an ordinance: An ordinance for the regulation of the office of Secretary of Congress, and for extending it to the Home Department. [New York: s.n] [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/90898120/.

MLA citation style:

United States Continental Congress, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. The committee consisting of Mr. Howell, Mr. Monroe, Mr. Pinckney, Mr. R.R. Livingston and Mr. Gardner, appointed to revise the institution of the office of the Secretary of Congress, and to report such alterations as they may judge necessary, beg leave to report the following draft of an ordinance: An ordinance for the regulation of the office of Secretary of Congress, and for extending it to the Home Department. [New York: s.n, 1785] Online Text. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/90898120/>.