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Book/Printed Material The committee, consisting of Mr. Wadsworth, Mr. Irwine [sic] and Mr. White, to whom was referred the petition of the French and American inhabitants of Post St. Vincent's and the Illinois, by their agent, Mr. Tardiveau, beg leave to report

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Title

  • The committee, consisting of Mr. Wadsworth, Mr. Irwine [sic] and Mr. White, to whom was referred the petition of the French and American inhabitants of Post St. Vincent's and the Illinois, by their agent, Mr. Tardiveau, beg leave to report : that as there is much uncertainty about the possessions of the inhabitants of the country upon the Wabash and Missis[s]ippi Rivers ...

Names

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

Created / Published

  • [New York : s.n., 1788]

Headings

  • -  Land grants--Northwest, Old
  • -  Land titles--Northwest, Old
  • -  United States--New York--New York

Genre

  • Broadsides--New York (N.Y.)--1788
  • Broadsheet format (Printing)--New York (N.Y.)--1788

Notes

  • -  Imprint from Evans. Former attribution to John Dunlap rejected in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 34, p. 631. Recorded in Dunlap's account book. Cf. JCC 601.
  • -  Evans 21521
  • -  Journals of the Continental Congress, 601
  • -  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. 231

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90898160

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 Mr. Wadsworth, Mr. Irwine sic and Mr. White, to whom was referred the petition of the French and American inhabitants of Post St. Vincent's and the Illinois, by their agent, Mr. Tardiveau, beg leave to report: that as there is much uncertainty about the possessions of the inhabitants of the country upon the Wabash and Mississippi Rivers. [New York: s.n, 1788] Online Text. https://www.loc.gov/item/90898160/.

APA citation style:

United States Continental Congress & Continental Congress Broadside Collection. (1788) The committee, consisting of Mr. Wadsworth, Mr. Irwine sic and Mr. White, to whom was referred the petition of the French and American inhabitants of Post St. Vincent's and the Illinois, by their agent, Mr. Tardiveau, beg leave to report: that as there is much uncertainty about the possessions of the inhabitants of the country upon the Wabash and Mississippi Rivers. [New York: s.n] [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/90898160/.

MLA citation style:

United States Continental Congress, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. The committee, consisting of Mr. Wadsworth, Mr. Irwine sic and Mr. White, to whom was referred the petition of the French and American inhabitants of Post St. Vincent's and the Illinois, by their agent, Mr. Tardiveau, beg leave to report: that as there is much uncertainty about the possessions of the inhabitants of the country upon the Wabash and Mississippi Rivers. [New York: s.n, 1788] Online Text. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/90898160/>.