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Book/Printed Material Impressed with a sense of the sacred trust committed to them, and with an anxious and affectionate concern for the interest, honor and safety of their constituents, the United States in Congress assembled, have on various occasions, pointed out the dangerous situation of this nation ...

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Title

  • Impressed with a sense of the sacred trust committed to them, and with an anxious and affectionate concern for the interest, honor and safety of their constituents, the United States in Congress assembled, have on various occasions, pointed out the dangerous situation of this nation ...

Names

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

Created / Published

  • [New York : s.n., 1786]

Headings

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

Genre

  • Broadsides--New York (N.Y.)--1786
  • Broadsheet format (Printing)--New York (N.Y.)--1786

Notes

  • -  Reported in Congress Oct. 17, 1786. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 882-885.
  • -  Imprint suggested by JCC, v. 33, p. 753. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in JCC, v. 31, p. 968 (#563). Bristol gives Dunlap as printer and Philadelphia as place of publication.
  • -  Not in Evans.
  • -  Bristol B6402
  • -  Shipton & Mooney 44998
  • -  Journals of the Continental Congress, 563

Medium

  • 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 42 x 26 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Cont Cong no. 211

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90898187

Online Format

  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Continental Congress, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. Impressed with a sense of the sacred trust committed to them, and with an anxious and affectionate concern for the interest, honor and safety of their constituents, the United States in Congress assembled, have on various occasions, pointed out the dangerous situation of this nation. [New York: s.n, 1786] Online Text. https://www.loc.gov/item/90898187/.

APA citation style:

United States Continental Congress & Continental Congress Broadside Collection. (1786) Impressed with a sense of the sacred trust committed to them, and with an anxious and affectionate concern for the interest, honor and safety of their constituents, the United States in Congress assembled, have on various occasions, pointed out the dangerous situation of this nation. [New York: s.n] [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/90898187/.

MLA citation style:

United States Continental Congress, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. Impressed with a sense of the sacred trust committed to them, and with an anxious and affectionate concern for the interest, honor and safety of their constituents, the United States in Congress assembled, have on various occasions, pointed out the dangerous situation of this nation. [New York: s.n, 1786] Online Text. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/90898187/>.