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Title

  • War Office. September 12, 1785 : The secretary at war reports, that it may be a subject worthy the attention of Congress, whether it would not be necessary to appoint some confidential person, with a small salary, either resident with the Six Nations, or upon the frontiers nearest to them, to whom they might apply, as the intermediate person between them and Congress ...

Names

  • United States. War Office.
  • Kirkland, Samuel, 1741-1808.
  • United States. Continental Congress.
  • Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [New York : s.n., 1785]

Headings

  • -  Iroquois Indians--Government relations
  • -  Indians of North America--Government relations--To 1789
  • -  Indians of North America--New York (State)
  • -  United States--New York--New York

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  Followed by: The committee to whom was referred a letter from Mr. Kirkland, of the 14th of September, together with its enclosures, submit the following report ...
  • -  "The broadside could not have been issued before October 11 [1785]"--Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 822.
  • -  Imprint from Evans. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in JCC, v. 29, p. 929 (#504); but later volumes reject Dunlap as printer. Cf. JCC, v. 33, p. 753.
  • -  Evans 19335
  • -  Journals of the Continental Congress, 504
  • -  ESTC W10017
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  LC copy annotated on verso: Report of Secretary of War, and comee. of Congress--propriety of appointing a person as agent among the Indians, to whom applications may be made as the intermediate person between them and Congress.
  • -  Scanned card stamped as no. 2593 and 2594. LAC sba 2021-05-04.
  • -  LAC sba 2021-05-04 no edits (1 card)

Medium

  • 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 37 x 22 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Cont Cong no. 159

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90898239

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  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States War Office, Samuel Kirkland, United States Continental Congress, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. War Office.: The secretary at war reports, that it may be a subject worthy the attention of Congress, whether it would not be necessary to appoint some confidential person, with a small salary, either resident with the Six Nations, or upon the frontiers nearest to them, to whom they might apply, as the intermediate person between them and Congress. [New York: s.n, 1785] Online Text. https://www.loc.gov/item/90898239/.

APA citation style:

United States War Office, Kirkland, S., United States Continental Congress & Continental Congress Broadside Collection. (1785) War Office.: The secretary at war reports, that it may be a subject worthy the attention of Congress, whether it would not be necessary to appoint some confidential person, with a small salary, either resident with the Six Nations, or upon the frontiers nearest to them, to whom they might apply, as the intermediate person between them and Congress. [New York: s.n] [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/90898239/.

MLA citation style:

United States War Office, et al. War Office.: The secretary at war reports, that it may be a subject worthy the attention of Congress, whether it would not be necessary to appoint some confidential person, with a small salary, either resident with the Six Nations, or upon the frontiers nearest to them, to whom they might apply, as the intermediate person between them and Congress. [New York: s.n, 1785] Online Text. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/90898239/>.