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Title

  • In Congress, August 28, 1776 : Resolved, that there be an inspector or inspectors sufficiently qualified to judge the goodness of gun-powder, who shall examine every cask of gun-powder manufactured or to be purchased on account of the United States, by the most approved method of ascertaining the quality of gun-powder ...

Names

  • United States. Continental Congress.
  • Hancock, John, 1737-1793.
  • Dunlap, John, 1747-1812, printer.
  • Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Philadelphia : Printed by John Dunlap, 1776]

Headings

  • -  Gunpowder
  • -  United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment and supplies
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Genre

  • Broadsides--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1776
  • Broadsheet format (Printing)--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1776

Notes

  • -  Signed: By order of Congress, John Hancock, president.
  • -  Imprint supplied from Evans.
  • -  Evans 15166
  • -  Journals of the Continental Congress, 125
  • -  ESTC W13965
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  Transfer; Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.
  • -  LC copy annotated on verso: Resolve of Congress of August 28th 1776 for appointing inspectors of gunpowder, &c.
  • -  LAC tnb 2021-09-16 update (1 card)
  • -  Scanned stamped as no. 1560 LAC tnb 2021-09-16.

Medium

  • 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 35 x 22 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Cont Cong no. 13

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90898011

Online Format

  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Continental Congress, John Hancock, John Dunlap, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. In Congress,: Resolved, that there be an inspector or inspectors sufficiently qualified to judge the goodness of gun-powder, who shall examine every cask of gun-powder manufactured or to be purchased on account of the United States, by the most approved method of ascertaining the quality of gun-powder. [Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap, 1776] Online Text. https://www.loc.gov/item/90898011/.

APA citation style:

United States Continental Congress, Hancock, J., Dunlap, J. & Continental Congress Broadside Collection. (1776) In Congress,: Resolved, that there be an inspector or inspectors sufficiently qualified to judge the goodness of gun-powder, who shall examine every cask of gun-powder manufactured or to be purchased on account of the United States, by the most approved method of ascertaining the quality of gun-powder. [Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap] [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/90898011/.

MLA citation style:

United States Continental Congress, et al. In Congress,: Resolved, that there be an inspector or inspectors sufficiently qualified to judge the goodness of gun-powder, who shall examine every cask of gun-powder manufactured or to be purchased on account of the United States, by the most approved method of ascertaining the quality of gun-powder. [Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap, 1776] Online Text. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/90898011/>.