In Congress, May 2, 1780 : Instructions to the captains and commanders of private armed vessels which shall have commissions or letters of marque and reprisal.
Summary
Signed on p. [2]: Extract from the minutes, Charles Thomson, secretary.
Originally published: Philadelphia : David Claypoole, 1780.
Imprint from Livingston. Probably printed about the end of April, 1781. Cf. Livingston, L.S. Franklin and his press at Passy, p. 84-86.
Footnote to first article of text, at bottom of p. [1]: *This exception is taken away by an ordinance of Congress, of March the 27th, 1781, which see.
Evans 17021
Livingston, L.S. Franklin and his press at Passy, 29
Journals of the Continental Congress, 331
Source: Transfer from Manuscript Department, Library of Congress.
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Tags
Date
01/01/1781
Contributors
United States. Continental Congress.
Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, printer.
Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain