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Summary
Includes two resolutions of the Continental Congress, dated Nov. 27, 1776 and May 2, 1778, and signed: Extract from the minutes, Charles Thomson, secretary.
Recorded twice by Evans, among entries for 1776 and 1778.
Evans 16149
Evans 15193
Journals of the Continental Congress, 205
LC copy has inscription at head of text: Dirck Ten Broeck.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Tags
Date
01/01/1778
Contributors
United States Lottery.
Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824.
Dunlap, John, 1747-1812, printer.
Ten Broeck, Dirck, former owner.
United States. Continental Congress.
Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain
