The committee of qualifications report, that the confederation was ratified in March, 1781 : that by a law of the state of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, delegates are to be annually elected on the first Wednesday in May : that Mr. Ellery was elected in May, 1781 ... that Mr. Howell was elected in May, 1781 ...
Summary
Read September 9, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 682-684.
Imprint suggested by JCC, v. 33, p. 753. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in JCC, v. 29, p. 927 (#494). Bristol gives Dunlap as printer and Philadelphia as place of publication.
Not in Evans.
Bristol B6193
Shipton & Mooney 44811
Journals of the Continental Congress, 494
Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 1032
LC copy annotated with markings in margin of text. Addressed on verso: Mr. Johnson.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Tags
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