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Summary
Report concerning fraudulent settlement certificates. This report largely matches the report entered Feb. 11, 1785 without the changes called for in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 28, p. 61-63.
Imprint from Evans. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in JCC, v. 29, p. 915 (#449); but later volumes reject Dunlap as printer. Cf. JCC, v. 33, p. 753.
Evans 19299
Journals of the Continental Congress, 449
LC copy has inscription on verso: Frauds ... Done. Followed by inscription in a different hand: Mr. Johnson.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
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Date
01/01/1785
Contributors
United States. Continental Congress.
Johnson, William Samuel, 1727-1819, former owner.
Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain
