In Congress, June 10, 1777 : Resolved, I. That for supplying the Army of the United States with provisions, one commissary general and four deputy commissaries general of purchases, and one commissary general and three deputy commissaries general of issues, be appointed by Congress. ...
Summary
Resolutions of the Continental Congress outlining the Commissary Department.
Title taken from caption title and opening lines of text.
Ford notes imperfect Library of Congress copy, and tentatively identifies place of printing as Fish-kill.
Line endings of 1st resolution: provisi-, Commissaries, three, Congress.
Text in two columns.
Ford, W.C. Continental Congress, 172
Journals of the Continental Congress, 173
LC copy imperfect: all after p. 2 wanting.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
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continental army
commissary general dept
supplies and stores
commissary general department
congress
army
provisions
commissary
one commissary
deputy
four deputy commissaries
purchases
three deputy commissaries
issues
1777
documents from the continental congress and the constitutional convention 1774 1789
rare book and special collections division
continental congress broadside collection library of congress
united states continental congress
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high resolution
Date
01/01/1777
Contributors
United States. Continental Congress.
Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
Source
Library of Congress
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Copyright info
Public Domain