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By the United States in Congress assembled, April 7, 1781 : Be it ordained and it is hereby ordained, by the United States in Congress assembled, that the following instructions be observed by the captains or commanders of private armed vessels, commissioned by letters of marque or general reprisals, or otherwise by the authority of the United States in Congress assembled. ...

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By the United States in Congress assembled, April 7, 1781 : Be it ordained and it is hereby ordained, by the United States in Congress assembled, that the following instructions be observed by the captains or commanders of private armed vessels, commissioned by letters of marque or general reprisals, or otherwise by the authority of the United States in Congress assembled. ...

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Signed: Extract from the minutes, Charles Thomson, secretary.
Imprint from Evans.
Line endings differ from those given by the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 21, p. 1199-1200.
Evans 17384
Journals of the Continental Congress, 359
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Formerly LCCN tes54-322. qr01 09-06-90

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01/01/1781
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United States. Continental Congress.
Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824.
Claypoole, David C., 1757?-1849, printer.
Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
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