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Title

  • By the United States in Congress assembled, August 7, 1782 : Resolved, that the secretary at war, on or before the first day of January next, cause the non-commissioned officers and privates belonging to the lines of the respective states, including soldiers prisoners with the enemy, to be arranged in such a manner as to form complete regiments ...

Names

  • United States. Continental Congress.
  • Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824.
  • Claypoole, David C., 1757?-1849, printer.
  • Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Philadelphia : Printed by David C. Claypoole, 1782]

Headings

  • -  United States.--Continental Army--Appointments and retirements
  • -  United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Genre

  • Broadsides--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1782
  • Broadsheet format (Printing)--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1782

Notes

  • -  Six resolutions replenishing the strength of the senior regiments and retiring the surplus of officers, especially in the southern army.
  • -  Signed: Extract from the minutes, Charles Thomson, sec.
  • -  Imprint supplied by Evans.
  • -  Evans 17759
  • -  Journals of the Continental Congress, 385
  • -  ESTC W10535
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  Transfer; Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.
  • -  LC copy annotated on verso: Augt. 7. 1782. Resolve of Congress for a reform of the army.
  • -  Scanned card stamped as no. 2298. LAC sba 2021-02-05.
  • -  LAC sba 2021-02-05 no edits (1 card)

Medium

  • 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 22 x 17 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Cont Cong no. 75

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90898074

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  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Continental Congress, Charles Thomson, David C Claypoole, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. By the United States in Congress assembled, August 7,: Resolved, that the secretary at war, on or before the first day of January next, cause the non-commissioned officers and privates belonging to the lines of the respective states, including soldiers prisoners with the enemy, to be arranged in such a manner as to form complete regiments. [Philadelphia: Printed by David C. Claypoole, 1782] Online Text. https://www.loc.gov/item/90898074/.

APA citation style:

United States Continental Congress, Thomson, C., Claypoole, D. C. & Continental Congress Broadside Collection. (1782) By the United States in Congress assembled, August 7,: Resolved, that the secretary at war, on or before the first day of January next, cause the non-commissioned officers and privates belonging to the lines of the respective states, including soldiers prisoners with the enemy, to be arranged in such a manner as to form complete regiments. [Philadelphia: Printed by David C. Claypoole] [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/90898074/.

MLA citation style:

United States Continental Congress, et al. By the United States in Congress assembled, August 7,: Resolved, that the secretary at war, on or before the first day of January next, cause the non-commissioned officers and privates belonging to the lines of the respective states, including soldiers prisoners with the enemy, to be arranged in such a manner as to form complete regiments. [Philadelphia: Printed by David C. Claypoole, 1782] Online Text. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/90898074/>.