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Book/Printed Material An addres[s] from the United States in Congress assembled to the legislatures of the several states.

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Title

  • An addres[s] from the United States in Congress assembled to the legislatures of the several states.

Names

  • United States. Continental Congress.
  • Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792.
  • Osgood, Samuel, 1748-1813.
  • United States. Board of Treasury.
  • Johnson, William Samuel, 1727-1819, former owner.
  • Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [New York : s.n., 1786]

Headings

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

Notes

  • -  Caption title.
  • -  Signed at the end: Samuel Osgood, Arthur Lee.
  • -  Imprint suggested by the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 33, p. 753. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in JCC, v. 31, p. 966. Bristol gives Dunlap as printer and Philadelphia as place of publication.
  • -  "No copy known"--Bristol B6391. "No copy, as yet, located"--JCC 553. Not Evans 20039.
  • -  Third, fourth, and fifth lines end: govern-, to, this; signed on p. [3]. In the later edition (Evans 20039, JCC 559) the third, fourth, and fifth lines end: government, its, wel-; unsigned on p. [3].
  • -  Not in Evans.
  • -  Bristol B6391
  • -  Shipton & Mooney 44987
  • -  Journals of the Continental Congress, 553
  • -  LC copy annotated on top of p. [1]: Mr. Johnson. Annotated on verso of p. [3]: Address to the States.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Medium

  • [3] p. ; 42 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Cont Cong no. 202

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90898179

Online Format

  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Continental Congress, Arthur Lee, Samuel Osgood, United States Board Of Treasury, William Samuel Johnson, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. An address from the United States in Congress assembled to the legislatures of the several states. [New York: s.n, 1786] Online Text. https://www.loc.gov/item/90898179/.

APA citation style:

United States Continental Congress, Lee, A., Osgood, S., United States Board Of Treasury, Johnson, W. S. & Continental Congress Broadside Collection. (1786) An address from the United States in Congress assembled to the legislatures of the several states. [New York: s.n] [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/90898179/.

MLA citation style:

United States Continental Congress, et al. An address from the United States in Congress assembled to the legislatures of the several states. [New York: s.n, 1786] Online Text. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/90898179/>.