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Title

  • The Board of Treasury, on the motion of the Honorable Mr. Howell, of the 8th July instant, beg leave to report : that the settlement of the accounts of the several states with the United States, is in their opinion an object of the greatest magnitude ...

Names

  • United States. Board of Treasury.
  • Osgood, Samuel, 1748-1813.
  • Livingston, Walter, 1740-1797.
  • Gerry, Elbridge, 1744-1814, former owner.
  • Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [New York : s.n., 1785]

Headings

  • -  Debts, Public--United States--States
  • -  United States--Claims
  • -  United States--New York--New York

Genre

  • Broadsides--New York (N.Y.)--1785
  • Broadsheet format (Printing)--New York (N.Y.)--1785

Notes

  • -  Resolves concerning the commissioners of public accounts in the respective states. Read July 14, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 536-539.
  • -  Signed: All of which is humbly submitted, Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston.
  • -  Imprint suggested by JCC, v. 33, p. 753. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in JCC, v. 29, p. 925 (#486). Bristol gives Dunlap as printer and Philadelphia as place of publication.
  • -  Not in Evans.
  • -  Bristol B6185
  • -  Shipton & Mooney 44803
  • -  Journals of the Continental Congress, 486
  • -  LC copy annotated on p. [2]: Settlement of publ. accounts. Addressed in a different hand: Mr. Gerry.

Medium

  • 1 sheet ([2] p.) ; 43 x 27 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Cont Cong no. 143

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90898217

Online Format

  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Board Of Treasury, Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston, Elbridge Gerry, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. The Board of Treasury, on the motion of the Honorable Mr. Howell, of the 8th July instant, beg leave to report: that the settlement of the accounts of the several states with the United States, is in their opinion an object of the greatest magnitude. [New York: s.n, 1785] Online Text. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/90898217/.

APA citation style:

United States Board Of Treasury, Osgood, S., Livingston, W., Gerry, E. & Continental Congress Broadside Collection. (1785) The Board of Treasury, on the motion of the Honorable Mr. Howell, of the 8th July instant, beg leave to report: that the settlement of the accounts of the several states with the United States, is in their opinion an object of the greatest magnitude. [New York: s.n] [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/90898217/.

MLA citation style:

United States Board Of Treasury, et al. The Board of Treasury, on the motion of the Honorable Mr. Howell, of the 8th July instant, beg leave to report: that the settlement of the accounts of the several states with the United States, is in their opinion an object of the greatest magnitude. [New York: s.n, 1785] Online Text. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/90898217/>.