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Book/Printed Material The committee consisting of Mr. Williamson, Mr. Stewart and Mr. Hardy, to whom were referred a letter from the supreme executive of the state of Pennsylvania, dated 20th December, a letter dated 24th January, from William Denning, Esquire, auditor of accounts, and sundry other letters and papers, beg leave to report ...

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Title

  • The committee consisting of Mr. Williamson, Mr. Stewart and Mr. Hardy, to whom were referred a letter from the supreme executive of the state of Pennsylvania, dated 20th December, a letter dated 24th January, from William Denning, Esquire, auditor of accounts, and sundry other letters and papers, beg leave to report ...

Names

  • United States. Continental Congress.
  • Johnson, William Samuel, 1727-1819, former owner.
  • Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [New York : s.n., 1785]

Headings

  • -  Counterfeits and counterfeiting--United States
  • -  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

  • -  Report concerning fraudulent settlement certificates. This report largely matches the report entered Feb. 11, 1785 without the changes called for in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 28, p. 61-63.
  • -  Imprint from Evans. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in JCC, v. 29, p. 915 (#449); but later volumes reject Dunlap as printer. Cf. JCC, v. 33, p. 753.
  • -  Evans 19299
  • -  Journals of the Continental Congress, 449
  • -  LC copy has inscription on verso: Frauds ... Done. Followed by inscription in a different hand: Mr. Johnson.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Medium

  • 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 41 x 25 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Cont Cong no. 108

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90898097

Online Format

  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Continental Congress, William Samuel Johnson, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. The committee consisting of Mr. Williamson, Mr. Stewart and Mr. Hardy, to whom were referred a letter from the supreme executive of the state of Pennsylvania, dated 20th December, a letter dated 24th January, from William Denning, Esquire, auditor of accounts, and sundry other letters and papers, beg leave to report. [New York: s.n, 1785] Online Text. https://www.loc.gov/item/90898097/.

APA citation style:

United States Continental Congress, Johnson, W. S. & Continental Congress Broadside Collection. (1785) The committee consisting of Mr. Williamson, Mr. Stewart and Mr. Hardy, to whom were referred a letter from the supreme executive of the state of Pennsylvania, dated 20th December, a letter dated 24th January, from William Denning, Esquire, auditor of accounts, and sundry other letters and papers, beg leave to report. [New York: s.n] [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/90898097/.

MLA citation style:

United States Continental Congress, William Samuel Johnson, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. The committee consisting of Mr. Williamson, Mr. Stewart and Mr. Hardy, to whom were referred a letter from the supreme executive of the state of Pennsylvania, dated 20th December, a letter dated 24th January, from William Denning, Esquire, auditor of accounts, and sundry other letters and papers, beg leave to report. [New York: s.n, 1785] Online Text. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/90898097/>.