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Book/Printed Material The committee to whom was referred sundry letters and papers relative to commercial matters, submit the following circular letter and resolves

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Title

  • The committee to whom was referred sundry letters and papers relative to commercial matters, submit the following circular letter and resolves : The trust reposed in Congress, renders it their duty to be attentive to the conduct of foreign nations ...

Names

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

Created / Published

  • [Annapolis : Printed by John Dunlap, 1784]

Headings

  • -  United States.--Continental Congress--Powers and duties
  • -  United States--Commerce
  • -  United States--Maryland--Annapolis

Genre

  • Broadsides--Maryland--Annapolis--1784
  • Broadsheet format (Printing)--Maryland--Annapolis--1784

Notes

  • -  Imprint supplied by Evans, who gives date April 30, 1784. "This report was read April 22, made the order of the day for Monday, April 26, and passed April 30"--Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 26, p. 320.
  • -  Includes two resolutions recommending that the legislatures of the several states vest Congress with powers to regulate foreign trade. The term of 15 years fixed in the resolutions is blank in this draft.
  • -  Evans 18836
  • -  Journals of the Continental Congress, 433
  • -  Wheeler, J.T. Maryland, 351

Medium

  • 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 42 x 27 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Cont Cong no. 95

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90898086

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  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Continental Congress, John Dunlap, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. The committee to whom was referred sundry letters and papers relative to commercial matters, submit the following circular letter and resolves: The trust reposed in Congress, renders it their duty to be attentive to the conduct of foreign nations. [Annapolis: Printed by John Dunlap, 1784] Online Text. https://www.loc.gov/item/90898086/.

APA citation style:

United States Continental Congress, Dunlap, J. & Continental Congress Broadside Collection. (1784) The committee to whom was referred sundry letters and papers relative to commercial matters, submit the following circular letter and resolves: The trust reposed in Congress, renders it their duty to be attentive to the conduct of foreign nations. [Annapolis: Printed by John Dunlap] [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/90898086/.

MLA citation style:

United States Continental Congress, John Dunlap, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. The committee to whom was referred sundry letters and papers relative to commercial matters, submit the following circular letter and resolves: The trust reposed in Congress, renders it their duty to be attentive to the conduct of foreign nations. [Annapolis: Printed by John Dunlap, 1784] Online Text. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/90898086/>.