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Book/Printed Material The committee consisting of [blank] to whom was referred a motion, submit the following report

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Title

  • The committee consisting of [blank] to whom was referred a motion, submit the following report : To enable the commissioners of the continental loan-offices in the several states, to detect frauds in the negotiation of the certificates issued by the paymaster-general ... Resolved, that the Board of Treasury ... be directed to transmit ... lists of all the certificates issued by John Pierce, paymaster general ...

Names

  • United States. Continental Congress.
  • Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [New York : s.n., 1785]

Headings

  • -  Securities--United States--Forgeries
  • -  Finance, Public--United States--History--To 1789
  • -  United States--New York--New York

Genre

  • Broadsides--New York (N.Y.)--1785
  • Broadsheet format (Printing)--New York (N.Y.)--1785

Notes

  • -  "This report was delivered and printed on some unknown date between January 31 and May 13 [1785] ... See Journals for February 2"--Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 915.
  • -  Listed twice by Bristol. B5976 suggests it was printed at Annapolis by John Dunlap in 1784.
  • -  Not in Evans.
  • -  Bristol B6190
  • -  Shipton & Mooney 44808
  • -  Journals of the Continental Congress, 447
  • -  Source: Transfer from Manuscript Department, Library of Congress.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Medium

  • 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 43 x 27 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Cont Cong no. 106

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90898096

Online Format

  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Continental Congress, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. The committee consisting of blank to whom was referred a motion, submit the following report: To enable the commissioners of the continental loan-offices in the several states, to detect frauds in the negotiation of the certificates issued by the paymaster-general ... Resolved, that the Board of Treasury ... be directed to transmit ... lists of all the certificates issued by John Pierce, paymaster general. [New York: s.n, 1785] Online Text. https://www.loc.gov/item/90898096/.

APA citation style:

United States Continental Congress & Continental Congress Broadside Collection. (1785) The committee consisting of blank to whom was referred a motion, submit the following report: To enable the commissioners of the continental loan-offices in the several states, to detect frauds in the negotiation of the certificates issued by the paymaster-general ... Resolved, that the Board of Treasury ... be directed to transmit ... lists of all the certificates issued by John Pierce, paymaster general. [New York: s.n] [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/90898096/.

MLA citation style:

United States Continental Congress, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. The committee consisting of blank to whom was referred a motion, submit the following report: To enable the commissioners of the continental loan-offices in the several states, to detect frauds in the negotiation of the certificates issued by the paymaster-general ... Resolved, that the Board of Treasury ... be directed to transmit ... lists of all the certificates issued by John Pierce, paymaster general. [New York: s.n, 1785] Online Text. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/90898096/>.