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Book/Printed Material The committee of qualifications report, that the confederation was ratified in March, 1781

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Title

  • The committee of qualifications report, that the confederation was ratified in March, 1781 : that by a law of the state of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, delegates are to be annually elected on the first Wednesday in May : that Mr. Ellery was elected in May, 1781 ... that Mr. Howell was elected in May, 1781 ...

Names

  • United States. Continental Congress.
  • Johnson, William Samuel, 1727-1819, former owner.
  • Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [New York : s.n., 1785]

Headings

  • -  Ellery, William,--1727-1820
  • -  Howell, David,--1747-1824
  • -  United States.--Continental Congress--Term of office
  • -  Rhode Island--Politics and government--1775-1865
  • -  United States--New York--New York

Genre

  • Broadsides--New York (N.Y.)--1785
  • Broadsheet format (Printing)--New York (N.Y.)--1785

Notes

  • -  Read September 9, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 682-684.
  • -  Imprint suggested by JCC, v. 33, p. 753. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in JCC, v. 29, p. 927 (#494). Bristol gives Dunlap as printer and Philadelphia as place of publication.
  • -  Not in Evans.
  • -  Bristol B6193
  • -  Shipton & Mooney 44811
  • -  Journals of the Continental Congress, 494
  • -  Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 1032
  • -  LC copy annotated with markings in margin of text. Addressed on verso: Mr. Johnson.

Medium

  • 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 45 x 28 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Cont Cong no. 150

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90898230

Online Format

  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Continental Congress, William Samuel Johnson, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. The committee of qualifications report, that the confederation was ratified in March,: that by a law of the state of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, delegates are to be annually elected on the first Wednesday in May: that Mr. Ellery was elected in May,... that Mr. Howell was elected in May. [New York: s.n, 1785] Online Text. https://www.loc.gov/item/90898230/.

APA citation style:

United States Continental Congress, Johnson, W. S. & Continental Congress Broadside Collection. (1785) The committee of qualifications report, that the confederation was ratified in March,: that by a law of the state of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, delegates are to be annually elected on the first Wednesday in May: that Mr. Ellery was elected in May,... that Mr. Howell was elected in May. [New York: s.n] [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/90898230/.

MLA citation style:

United States Continental Congress, William Samuel Johnson, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. The committee of qualifications report, that the confederation was ratified in March,: that by a law of the state of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, delegates are to be annually elected on the first Wednesday in May: that Mr. Ellery was elected in May,... that Mr. Howell was elected in May. [New York: s.n, 1785] Online Text. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/90898230/>.