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Book/Printed Material Articles of Confederation and perpetual union between the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia

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Title

  • Articles of Confederation and perpetual union between the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia

Names

  • United States
  • Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792
  • Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, former owner
  • Purdie, Alexander, -1779, printer
  • Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Thomas Jefferson Library Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Williamsburg : Printed by Alexander Purdie, [1777]

Headings

  • -  United States.--Continental Congress
  • -  United States--Virginia--Williamsburg

Notes

  • -  Signed on p. [4]: By order of Congress, Henry Laurens, president.
  • -  Date of publication supplied by Evans.
  • -  Evans, C. American bibliography, 15627
  • -  Journals of the Continental Congress, 187
  • -  Sowerby, E. M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 1845
  • -  English short title catalogue, W2111
  • -  LC copy imperfect: title page and p. [2] wanting. Title and imprint from Evans.
  • -  Title and imprint supplied from LC copy in Broadside Coll portfolio 178, no. 26; Rare Bk also has copy: Law 15 Jeff Coll (no. 4 in Laws of Virginia, vol. 6). qr01 05-03-90
  • -  LAC sba 2021-06-09 no edits (1 card)
  • -  Scanned card stamped as no. 2222. LAC sba 2021-06-09.
  • -  KFV2430 1775 .A23 Copy 1 formerly shelved under Jefferson Law 15. he18 2023-09-25

Medium

  • [4] p. ; 33 cm (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Cont Cong no. 67
  • KFV2430 1775 .A23 Copy 1 Forms part of the Jefferson Exhibit Collection. Fourth title in a bound volume of 19 titles called Fugitive sheets of printed laws, 1775-1783. With the Library of Congress's 1815 bookplate.

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90898067

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  • online text

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United States, Henry Laurens, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Purdie, Continental Congress Broadside Collection, and Thomas Jefferson Library Collection. Articles of Confederation and perpetual union between the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. [Williamsburg: Printed by Alexander Purdie, 1777] Online Text. https://www.loc.gov/item/90898067/.

APA citation style:

United States, Laurens, H., Jefferson, T., Purdie, A., Continental Congress Broadside Collection & Thomas Jefferson Library Collection. (1777) Articles of Confederation and perpetual union between the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. [Williamsburg: Printed by Alexander Purdie] [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/90898067/.

MLA citation style:

United States, et al. Articles of Confederation and perpetual union between the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. [Williamsburg: Printed by Alexander Purdie, 1777] Online Text. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/90898067/>.