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Book/Printed Material An ordinance for establishing a board, to liquidate and settle all accounts between the United States, and individual states.

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Title

  • An ordinance for establishing a board, to liquidate and settle all accounts between the United States, and individual states.

Names

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

Created / Published

  • [New York : s.n., 1786]

Headings

  • -  Finance, Public--United States--States
  • -  United States--Claims

Notes

  • -  The ordinance as passed Oct. 13, 1786. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 777-781.
  • -  "Done by the United States in Congress assembled, this 13th day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, and of our sovereignty and independence, the eleventh"--p. [1].
  • -  Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 968 (#561), an attribution later rejected.. Cf. v. 33, p. 753.
  • -  Evans 20072
  • -  Journals of the Continental Congress, 561
  • -  LC copy signed in ms. on p. [1]: Chas. Thomson, secy.

Medium

  • [4] p. (p. [2-4] blank) ; 33 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Cont Cong no. 209

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90898185

Online Format

  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States, United States Continental Congress, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. An ordinance for establishing a board, to liquidate and settle all accounts between the United States, and individual states. [New York: s.n, 1786] Online Text. https://www.loc.gov/item/90898185/.

APA citation style:

United States, United States Continental Congress & Continental Congress Broadside Collection. (1786) An ordinance for establishing a board, to liquidate and settle all accounts between the United States, and individual states. [New York: s.n] [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/90898185/.

MLA citation style:

United States, United States Continental Congress, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. An ordinance for establishing a board, to liquidate and settle all accounts between the United States, and individual states. [New York: s.n, 1786] Online Text. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/90898185/>.