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. ...

Forty-five numbered resolutions of the Continental Congress outlining the Commissary Department, dated June 10, 11 and 16, 1777.
Title taken from caption title and opening lines of text.
Signed: Extracts from the minutes. Published by order of Congress. Charles Thomson, secretary.
Imprint from colophon.
Evans 15672
Journals of the Continental Congress, 172
LC copy has word lined through in resolution 27; pages numbered in ink "210."
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