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Book/Printed Material By the United States in Congress assembled. July 9, 1788

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Title

  • By the United States in Congress assembled. July 9, 1788 : A supplement to an ordinance entitled "An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory".

Names

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

Created / Published

  • [New York : s.n., 1788]

Headings

  • -  Bounties, Military--United States
  • -  Surveying--Public lands--Northwest, Old
  • -  Land settlement--Law and legislation--United States

Notes

  • -  Imprint supplied by Evans. Former attribution to John Dunlap rejected in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 34, p. 631.
  • -  Printed in two columns.
  • -  32 out of 54 copies signed in ms. on p. [1]: Chas Thomson, secy.
  • -  Evans 21515
  • -  Journals of the Continental Congress, 609
  • -  ESTC W15165
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  Scanned cards stamped as no. 2877 and 2889. LAC nsk 2020-10-20.
  • -  LAC nsk 2020-10-20 no edits (2 cards)

Medium

  • [4] p. (p. [2-4] blank) ; 32 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Continental Congress Broadsides no. 237
  • Continental Congress Broadsides. Mss. Div.

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90898166

Online Format

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  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States, United States Continental Congress, Continental Congress Broadside Collection, and Printed Ephemera Collection. By the United States in Congress assembled. July 9,: A supplement to an ordinance entitled "An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory". [New York: s.n, 1788] Online Text. https://www.loc.gov/item/90898166/.

APA citation style:

United States, United States Continental Congress, Continental Congress Broadside Collection & Printed Ephemera Collection. (1788) By the United States in Congress assembled. July 9,: A supplement to an ordinance entitled "An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory". [New York: s.n] [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/90898166/.

MLA citation style:

United States, et al. By the United States in Congress assembled. July 9,: A supplement to an ordinance entitled "An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory". [New York: s.n, 1788] Online Text. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/90898166/>.