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Book/Printed Material By the United States in Congress assembled. A proclamation

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Title

  • By the United States in Congress assembled. A proclamation : Whereas in pursuance of a plenipotentiary commission ... a treaty of amity and commerce between ... the States General of the United Netherlands and the United States of America was, on the eighth day of October, one thousand seven and eighty two, concluded ...

Names

  • United Provinces of the Netherlands.
  • Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821.
  • Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824.
  • Claypoole, David C., 1757?-1849, printer.
  • United States. Continental Congress.
  • Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Philadelphia : Printed by David C. Claypoole, 1783]

Headings

  • -  Maritime law--United States
  • -  United States--Foreign relations--Netherlands
  • -  United States--Commerce--Netherlands
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Genre

  • Broadsides--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1783
  • Proclamations--United States--1783
  • Treaties--United States--1782
  • Treaties--Netherlands--1782
  • Broadsheet format (Printing)--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1783

Notes

  • -  Includes the text of the treaty, followed by: Convention between the lords the States General of the United Netherlands and the United States of America, concerning vessels recaptured.
  • -  Signed: Done in Congress this twenty-third day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three ... Elias Boudinot, president. Charles Thomson, sec'ry.
  • -  Imprint supplied by Evans.
  • -  Text in six columns in groups of three; caption title at head of first three columns. Printed area measures 38 x 48 cm.
  • -  Evans 18231
  • -  Journals of the Continental Congress, 394
  • -  Source: Transfer from Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.

Medium

  • 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 44 x 52 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Cont Cong no. 80

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90898076

Online Format

  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United Provinces Of The Netherlands, Elias Boudinot, Charles Thomson, David C Claypoole, United States Continental Congress, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. By the United States in Congress assembled. A proclamation: Whereas in pursuance of a plenipotentiary commission ... a treaty of amity and commerce between ... the States General of the United Netherlands and the United States of America was, on the eighth day of October, one thousand seven and eighty two, concluded. [Philadelphia: Printed by David C. Claypoole, 1783] Online Text. https://www.loc.gov/item/90898076/.

APA citation style:

United Provinces Of The Netherlands, Boudinot, E., Thomson, C., Claypoole, D. C., United States Continental Congress & Continental Congress Broadside Collection. (1783) By the United States in Congress assembled. A proclamation: Whereas in pursuance of a plenipotentiary commission ... a treaty of amity and commerce between ... the States General of the United Netherlands and the United States of America was, on the eighth day of October, one thousand seven and eighty two, concluded. [Philadelphia: Printed by David C. Claypoole] [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/90898076/.

MLA citation style:

United Provinces Of The Netherlands, et al. By the United States in Congress assembled. A proclamation: Whereas in pursuance of a plenipotentiary commission ... a treaty of amity and commerce between ... the States General of the United Netherlands and the United States of America was, on the eighth day of October, one thousand seven and eighty two, concluded. [Philadelphia: Printed by David C. Claypoole, 1783] Online Text. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/90898076/>.