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Book/Printed Material Office for Foreign Affairs, 7th October, 1785

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Title

  • Office for Foreign Affairs, 7th October, 1785 : The secretary of the United States for the Department of Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred the representation of certain French merchants, against the acts of New-Hampshire and Massachusetts for regulating navigation and commerce, &c. reports ...

Names

  • United States. Dept. of Foreign Affairs.
  • Jay, John, 1745-1829.
  • Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [New York : s.n., 1785]

Headings

  • -  Harbors--Law and legislation--New Hampshire
  • -  Harbors--Law and legislation--Massachusetts
  • -  Navigation--Law and legislation--New Hampshire
  • -  Navigation--Law and legislation--Massachusetts
  • -  Commercial law--New Hampshire
  • -  Commercial law--Massachusetts
  • -  France--Commerce--United States
  • -  United States--Commerce--France
  • -  United States--New York--New York

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  Recommendations concerning acts of New Hampshire and Massachusetts excluding French vessels from all but certain ports. Report submitted October 10, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 817-820.
  • -  Signed: All which is submitted to the wisdom of Congress. John Jay.
  • -  Imprint from Evans. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in JCC, v. 29, p. 929 (#503); but later volumes reject Dunlap as printer. Cf. JCC, v. 33, p. 753.
  • -  Evans 19322
  • -  Journals of the Continental Congress, 503
  • -  LC copy annotated on verso: Secrety. F.A. Rept. on Massachts. navigatn. act.

Medium

  • 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 37 x 21 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Cont Cong no. 158

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90898238

Online Format

  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Dept. Of Foreign Affairs, John Jay, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. Office for Foreign Affairs, 7th October,: The secretary of the United States for the Department of Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred the representation of certain French merchants, against the acts of New-Hampshire and Massachusetts for regulating navigation and commerce, &c. reports. [New York: s.n, 1785] Online Text. https://www.loc.gov/item/90898238/.

APA citation style:

United States Dept. Of Foreign Affairs, Jay, J. & Continental Congress Broadside Collection. (1785) Office for Foreign Affairs, 7th October,: The secretary of the United States for the Department of Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred the representation of certain French merchants, against the acts of New-Hampshire and Massachusetts for regulating navigation and commerce, &c. reports. [New York: s.n] [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/90898238/.

MLA citation style:

United States Dept. Of Foreign Affairs, John Jay, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. Office for Foreign Affairs, 7th October,: The secretary of the United States for the Department of Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred the representation of certain French merchants, against the acts of New-Hampshire and Massachusetts for regulating navigation and commerce, &c. reports. [New York: s.n, 1785] Online Text. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/90898238/>.