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Book/Printed Material In Congress, March 25, 1777

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Title

  • In Congress, March 25, 1777 : Whereas by a resolve of Congress of the 3d of October, 1776, the commissioners of the loan-offices were directed to transmit to the Continental Treasurer once a month an account of the cash in their respective offices ... Resolved, that the several commissioners of the loan-offices hereafter make monthly returns to the Board of Treasury ...

Names

  • United States. Continental Congress.
  • Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824.
  • United States. Board of Treasury.
  • Dunlap, John, 1747-1812, printer.
  • Clarke, Joseph, recipient.
  • Cooke, Nicholas, 1717-1782, recipient.
  • Gibson, John, fl. 1777-1779, correspondent.
  • Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Philadelphia : Printed by John Dunlap, 1777]

Headings

  • -  United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Finance
  • -  Finance, Public--United States--History--To 1789
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Genre

  • Broadsides--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1777
  • Broadsheet format (Printing)--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1777

Notes

  • -  Signed: Extract from the minutes, Charles Thomson, secretary.
  • -  Imprint from Evans.
  • -  Followed by: Treasury-Office, Philadelphia, March 25, 1777. Sir, In consequence of the above resolution, I am to inform you that it is the desire of the Board of Treasury, that you forthwith transmit them the state of your accounts ... Signed: John Gibson, auditor-general. To [blank] Esq; commissioner of the Loan-Office for the state of [blank].
  • -  Evans 15657
  • -  Journals of the Continental Congress, 155
  • -  LC copy recto has been completed in ink as follows: To Joseph Clarke, Esq; commissioner of the Loan-Office for the state of Road Island [sic]. Annotated on verso: To Joseph Clarke Esqr, commissioner of the Loan Office for the state of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations to the care of the Honorable Nicholas Cooke Esqr, governor of the said state. Providence. Annotated in another hand: From John Gibson Esqr. March 25th 1777.

Medium

  • 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 34 x 23 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Cont Cong no. 23

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90898020

Online Format

  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Continental Congress, Charles Thomson, United States Board Of Treasury, John Dunlap, Joseph Clarke, Nicholas Cooke, John Gibson, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. In Congress,: Whereas by a resolve of Congress of the 3d of October, 1776, the commissioners of the loan-offices were directed to transmit to the Continental Treasurer once a month an account of the cash in their respective offices ... Resolved, that the several commissioners of the loan-offices hereafter make monthly returns to the Board of Treasury. [Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap, 1777] Online Text. https://www.loc.gov/item/90898020/.

APA citation style:

United States Continental Congress, Thomson, C., United States Board Of Treasury, Dunlap, J., Clarke, J., Cooke, N. [...] Continental Congress Broadside Collection. (1777) In Congress,: Whereas by a resolve of Congress of the 3d of October, 1776, the commissioners of the loan-offices were directed to transmit to the Continental Treasurer once a month an account of the cash in their respective offices ... Resolved, that the several commissioners of the loan-offices hereafter make monthly returns to the Board of Treasury. [Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap] [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/90898020/.

MLA citation style:

United States Continental Congress, et al. In Congress,: Whereas by a resolve of Congress of the 3d of October, 1776, the commissioners of the loan-offices were directed to transmit to the Continental Treasurer once a month an account of the cash in their respective offices ... Resolved, that the several commissioners of the loan-offices hereafter make monthly returns to the Board of Treasury. [Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap, 1777] Online Text. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/90898020/>.