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Estimate of the annual expenditure of the civil departments of the United States, on the present establishment.

Estimate of the annual expenditure of the civil departments of the Uni...

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By the United States in Congress assembled. August 7, 1786 : An ordinance for the regulation of Indian affairs.

By the United States in Congress assembled. August 7, 1786 : An ordina...

The ordinance as passed Aug. 7, 1786. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 490-493. Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 965... More

Schedule of the French and Dutch loans : shewing the periods of their redemption, with the annual interest payable thereon until their final extinction, for which provision is yet to be made.

Schedule of the French and Dutch loans : shewing the periods of their ...

Imprint from Evans. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 958 (#515); but later volumes reject Dunlap as printer. Cf. JCC, v. 33, p. 753. Evans 200... More

Estimate of the annual expenditure of the civil departments of the United States, on the present establishment.

Estimate of the annual expenditure of the civil departments of the Uni...

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The grand committee consisting of [blank] appointed to prepare and report to Congress, the arrears of interest on the national debt, together with the interest and expences for the year 1784 ... have agreed to the following report ...

The grand committee consisting of [blank] appointed to prepare and rep...

Imprint supplied by Evans, who gives the date as April 5, 1784. The report was discussed by Congress April 27, 1784. Text in two columns. Includes: The report of a committee on the subject of western territory,... More

The Board of Treasury, to whom it was referred to revise the system adopted for the settlement of the accounts of the five great departments, and to report such alterations therein, or such other mode as in their opinion may be more conducive to a speedy and just settlement of said accounts : beg leave to report ...

The Board of Treasury, to whom it was referred to revise the system ad...

Imprint suggested by the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 33, p. 753. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in JCC, v. 31, p. 957 (#512). Bristol gives Dunlap as printer and Philadelphia as plac... More

Schedule of the French and Dutch loans : shewing the periods of their redemption, with the annual interest payable thereon until their final extinction, for which provision is yet to be made.

Schedule of the French and Dutch loans : shewing the periods of their ...

Imprint from Evans. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 958 (#515); but later volumes reject Dunlap as printer. Cf. JCC, v. 33, p. 753. Evans 200... More

The committee, consisting of Mr. Smith, Mr. Long, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Bull, Mr. Carrington, Mr. Henry, and Mr. Kean, to whom was committed a motion of Mr. King, together with a motion of the delegates of Virginia, on the subject of the settlement of the accounts of the individual states, with the United States. Submit the following resolves ...

The committee, consisting of Mr. Smith, Mr. Long, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Bul...

Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 966 (#554), an attribution later rejected. Cf. v. 33, p. 753. Evans 20062 Journals of the Continen... More

The committee, consisting of Mr. Smith, Mr. Long, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Bull, Mr. Carrington, Mr. Henry, and Mr. Kean, to whom was committed a motion of Mr. King, together with a motion of the delegates of Virginia, on the subject of the settlement of the accounts of the individual states, with the United States. Submit the following resolves ...

The committee, consisting of Mr. Smith, Mr. Long, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Bul...

Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 966 (#554), an attribution later rejected. Cf. v. 33, p. 753. Evans 20062 Journals of the Continen... More

Board of Treasury, August 27, 1785 : Since the resolve of Congress of the sixth July last, directing the board to report the allowances proper to be made to the receivers of continental taxes, our enquiries have naturally turned to the present establishment and duties of the loan officers ...

Board of Treasury, August 27, 1785 : Since the resolve of Congress of ...

Read August 29, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 664-668. Signed: Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston. Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in Journals of the Continent... More

By the United States, in Congress assembled, September 4th, 1782 : On the report of a grand committee, consisting of a member from each state, resolved, that one million two hundred thousand dollars be quotaed on the states, as absolutely and immediately necessary for payment of the interest of the public debt ...

By the United States, in Congress assembled, September 4th, 1782 : On ...

Three resolutions of the Continental Congress, the third dated September 10, 1782. Ascribed to the press of David C. Claypoole by Evans. Evans 17760 LC copy signed in ms.: Chas Thomson secy. Annotated on verso:... More

The committee, consisting of Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Dane, Mr. Monroe, Mr. Johnson and Mr. King, to whom were referred a report from the Board of Treasury : on revising the system adopted for the settlement of the accounts of the five great departments, and containing such alterations therein ...

The committee, consisting of Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Dane, Mr. Monroe, Mr. J...

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War Office. September 12, 1785 : The secretary at war reports, that it may be a subject worthy the attention of Congress, whether it would not be necessary to appoint some confidential person, with a small salary, either resident with the Six Nations, or upon the frontiers nearest to them, to whom they might apply, as the intermediate person between them and Congress ...

War Office. September 12, 1785 : The secretary at war reports, that it...

Followed by: The committee to whom was referred a letter from Mr. Kirkland, of the 14th of September, together with its enclosures, submit the following report ... "The broadside could not have been issued befo... More

In Congress. Baltimore, February 26, 1777 : Resolved, that an interest of six per cent. per annum, be allowed on all sums of money already borrowed, and directed to be borrowed, on loan-office certificates, although such certificates mention only an interest of four per centum per annum. ...

In Congress. Baltimore, February 26, 1777 : Resolved, that an interest...

Signed: Extract from the minutes, Charles Thomson, sec'ry. Followed by a letter of transmission from the Board of Treasury, dated Feb. 26, 1777. Signed: William Govett, a. aud. gen. Blanks are provided for the ... More

In Congress. Baltimore, February 26, 1777 : Resolved, that an interest of six per cent. per annum, be allowed on all sums of money already borrowed, and directed to be borrowed, on loan-office certificates, although such certificates mention only an interest of four per centum per annum. ...

In Congress. Baltimore, February 26, 1777 : Resolved, that an interest...

Signed: Extract from the minutes, Charles Thomson, sec'ry. Followed by a letter of transmission from the Board of Treasury, dated Feb. 26, 1777. Signed: William Govett, a. aud. gen. Blanks are provided for the ... More

Articles of a treaty, concluded at Fort Stanwix, on the twenty-second day of October, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, between Oliver Wolcott, Richard Butler and Arthur Lee, commissioners plenipotentiary from the United States in Congress assembled, on the one part, and the sachems and warriors of the Six Nations on the other.

Articles of a treaty, concluded at Fort Stanwix, on the twenty-second ...

Two treaties; the first, Oct. 22, 1784; the second, Jan. 21, 1785. Cf. Evans 18817, 19278; Journals of the Continental Congress, 480. Caption title. Signed by Wolcott, Butler, and Lee; by 12 representatives of ... More

By the United States in Congress assembled. October 11, 1787 : The committee to whom was referred a report of the Board of Treasury and a motion of Mr. Kean, respecting the requisition for 1787, having reported ...

By the United States in Congress assembled. October 11, 1787 : The com...

Imprint supplied by Evans. Former attribution to the press of John Dunlap rejected in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 33, p. 753. Evans 20763 Journals of the Continental Congress, 596 LC copy signe... More

Estimate of the annual expenditure of the civil departments of the United States, on the present establishment.

Estimate of the annual expenditure of the civil departments of the Uni...

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The committee consisting of Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Monroe, and Mr. King, appointed to form an ordinance for the compleat arrangement and government of the Indian Department, submit the following to the consideration of Congress : An ordinance for regulating the Indian Department.

The committee consisting of Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Monroe, and Mr. King, ap...

A draft of An ordinance for the regulation of Indian affairs; reported in Congress June 28, 1786. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 30, p. 368-372. Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John D... More

Articles of a treaty, concluded at the mouth of the Great Miami, on the north-western bank of the Ohio, the thirty-first of January, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, between the commissioners plenipotentiary of the United States of America, of the one part, and the chiefs and warriors of the Shawanoe Nation of the other part.

Articles of a treaty, concluded at the mouth of the Great Miami, on th...

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An addres[s] from the United States in Congress assembled to the legislatures of the several states.

An addres[s] from the United States in Congress assembled to the legis...

Caption title. Signed at the end: Samuel Osgood, Arthur Lee. Imprint suggested by the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 33, p. 753. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in JCC, v. 31, p. 966. B... More

Treasury-Office, April 5th, 1779 : Ordered, that the following resolutions of the board be published, printed in hand-bills, and sent to the several commissioners of the Continental loan-offices ...

Treasury-Office, April 5th, 1779 : Ordered, that the following resolut...

Instructions to the state treasurers concerning the return of bills of emissions ordered to be taken out of circulation. Signed: By order of the board, John Nicholson, clerk. Imprint supplied by Evans. Evans 16... More

The committee consisting of Mr. Gerry, Mr. Williamson and Mr. Hardy, to whom were referred a motion of Mr. Gerry, and a motion of Mr. Howell, submit the following resolves.

The committee consisting of Mr. Gerry, Mr. Williamson and Mr. Hardy, t...

Concerning the submission of claims against the United States. This draft was read Feb. 28, 1785; considered and passed March 17, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 28, p. 107-108, 166-169. Impr... More

The committee consisting of Mr. Beresford, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Chase, Mr. Spaight and Mr. Read, appointed to take into consideration the state of Indian affairs in the Southern Department, beg leave to report ...

The committee consisting of Mr. Beresford, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Chase, M...

Title taken from opening lines of text. Imprint from Evans, who gives date May 28, 1784. "The original draft is in the handwriting of Thomas Jefferson"--Evans. Evans 18830 Journals of the Continental Congress, ... More

The committee, consisting of Mr. Smith, Mr. Long, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Bull, Mr. Carrington, Mr. Henry, and Mr. Kean, to whom was committed a motion of Mr. King, together with a motion of the delegates of Virginia, on the subject of the settlement of the accounts of the individual states, with the United States. Submit the following resolves ...

The committee, consisting of Mr. Smith, Mr. Long, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Bul...

Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 966 (#554), an attribution later rejected. Cf. v. 33, p. 753. Evans 20062 Journals of the Continen... More

The committee to whom was referred the letter of the commissioners authorised to form treaties with the Indian tribes, having conferred with the said commissioners upon the subject of their letter, and the resolutions of 18th of March, directing a treaty to be held at Post St. Vincent, on the [blank] day of June next, report ...

The committee to whom was referred the letter of the commissioners aut...

Read May 3, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 28, p. 330-333. Evans incorrectly gives June 15, 1785 as date of text. Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in Journals of the ... More

The committee consisting of Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Monroe, and Mr. King, appointed to form an ordinance for the compleat arrangement and government of the Indian Department, submit the following to the consideration of Congress : An ordinance for regulating the Indian Department.

The committee consisting of Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Monroe, and Mr. King, ap...

A draft of An ordinance for the regulation of Indian affairs; reported in Congress June 28, 1786. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 30, p. 368-372. Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John D... More

Impressed with a sense of the sacred trust committed to them, and with an anxious and affectionate concern for the interest, honor and safety of their constituents, the United States in Congress assembled, have on various occasions, pointed out the dangerous situation of this nation ...

Impressed with a sense of the sacred trust committed to them, and with...

Reported in Congress Oct. 17, 1786. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 882-885. Imprint suggested by JCC, v. 33, p. 753. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in JCC, v. 31, p. 968 (#56... More

An address from the United States in Congress assembled to the legislatures of the several states : When the interests of a people are endangered, either through the defect of the government they have established, or the want of timely and vigorous, exertions to give efficacy to its operations, it becomes the duty ...

An address from the United States in Congress assembled to the legisla...

The text of the address as reported in Congress Oct. 6, 1786. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 747-751. Title taken from caption title and opening lines of text. Imprint from Evans. Formerly ... More

The committee, consisting of [blank] to whom wasreferred [sic] the report of the Board of Treasury respecting a requisition for the year 1788, report ...

The committee, consisting of [blank] to whom wasreferred [sic] the rep...

Imprint from Evans. Former attribution to John Dunlap rejected in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 34, p. 631. Recorded in Dunlap's account book. Cf. JCC 610. Evans 21519 Journals of the Continental... More

By the United States in Congress assembled, Wednesday, August 20, 1788 : The committee, consisting of Mr. Clark, Mr. Dane, Mr. Williamson, Mr. Bingham, and Mr. Baldwin, to whom was referred the report of the Board of Treasury respecting a requisition for the year 1788, having reported ...

By the United States in Congress assembled, Wednesday, August 20, 1788...

Imprint from Evans. Former attribution to John Dunlap rejected in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 34, p. 631. Recorded in Dunlap's account book. Cf. JCC 611. Evans 21516 Journals of the Continental... More

By the United States in Congress assembled, Wednesday, August 20, 1788 : The committee, consisting of Mr. Clark, Mr. Dane, Mr. Williamson, Mr. Bingham, and Mr. Baldwin, to whom was referred the report of the Board of Treasury respecting a requisition for the year 1788, having reported ...

By the United States in Congress assembled, Wednesday, August 20, 1788...

Imprint from Evans. Former attribution to John Dunlap rejected in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 34, p. 631. Recorded in Dunlap's account book. Cf. JCC 611. Evans 21516 Journals of the Continental... More

Treasury-Office, April 5th, 1779 : Ordered, that the following resolutions of the board be published, printed in hand-bills, and sent to the several commissioners of the Continental loan-offices ...

Treasury-Office, April 5th, 1779 : Ordered, that the following resolut...

Instructions to the state treasurers concerning the return of bills of emissions ordered to be taken out of circulation. Signed: By order of the board, John Nicholson, clerk. Imprint supplied by Evans. Evans 16... More

The committee consisting of [blank] to whom was referred a motion, submit the following report : To enable the commissioners of the continental loan-offices in the several states, to detect frauds in the negotiation of the certificates issued by the paymaster-general ... Resolved, that the Board of Treasury ... be directed to transmit ... lists of all the certificates issued by John Pierce, paymaster general ...

The committee consisting of [blank] to whom was referred a motion, sub...

"This report was delivered and printed on some unknown date between January 31 and May 13 [1785] ... See Journals for February 2"--Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 915. Listed twice by Bristol. B... More

Motion of Mr. Gerry, seconded by Mr. Howell : Whereas it is indispensibly necessary, for the support of the federal government, that the states should supply their quotas of money ... Resolved, that the several states be earnestly called on to compleat without delay the whole of their quotas of the requisitions last mentioned ...

Motion of Mr. Gerry, seconded by Mr. Howell : Whereas it is indispensi...

Read October 3, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 796. Imprint from Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 33, p. 753. Bristol gives John Dunlap as printer and Philadelphia as place of... More

In Congress, October 3d, 1776. Resolved, that five millions of continental dollars be immediately borrowed for the use of the United States of America, at the annual interest of four per cent ... By order of Congress, John Hancock, President. [P

In Congress, October 3d, 1776. Resolved, that five millions of contine...

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The committee consisting of Mr. Williamson, Mr. Stewart and Mr. Hardy, to whom were referred a letter from the supreme executive of the state of Pennsylvania, dated 20th December, a letter dated 24th January, from William Denning, Esquire, auditor of accounts, and sundry other letters and papers, beg leave to report ...

The committee consisting of Mr. Williamson, Mr. Stewart and Mr. Hardy,...

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. I... More

The Board of Treasury to whom was referred a motion for repealing the ordinance of the 13th of October last, and that the board be directed to report an ordinance for the expeditious and equitable settlement of the accounts between the United States, and the individual states, beg leave to report the following ordinance ...

The Board of Treasury to whom was referred a motion for repealing the ...

Signed and dated: All which is humbly submitted, Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston. April 16, 1787. Imprint supplied by Evans. Evans 20755 Journals of the Continental Congress, 573 LC copy annotated on verso: R... More

An address from the United States in Congress assembled to the legislatures of the several states : When the interests of a people are endangered, either through the defect of the government they have established, or the want of timely and vigorous, exertions to give efficacy to its operations, it becomes the duty ...

An address from the United States in Congress assembled to the legisla...

The text of the address as reported in Congress Oct. 6, 1786. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 747-751. Title taken from caption title and opening lines of text. Imprint from Evans. Formerly ... More

An address from the United States in Congress assembled to the legislatures of the several states : When the interests of a people are endangered, either through the defect of the government they have established, or the want of timely and vigorous, exertions to give efficacy to its operations, it becomes the duty ...

An address from the United States in Congress assembled to the legisla...

The text of the address as reported in Congress Oct. 6, 1786. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 747-751. Title taken from caption title and opening lines of text. Imprint from Evans. Formerly ... More

The committee consisting of Mr. Beresford, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Chase, Mr. Spaight and Mr. Read, appointed to take into consideration the state of Indian affairs in the Southern Department, beg leave to report ...

The committee consisting of Mr. Beresford, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Chase, M...

Title taken from opening lines of text. Imprint from Evans, who gives date May 28, 1784. "The original draft is in the handwriting of Thomas Jefferson"--Evans. Evans 18830 Journals of the Continental Congress, ... More

The committee, consisting of Mr. Smith, Mr. Long, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Bull, Mr. Carrington, Mr. Henry, and Mr. Kean, to whom was committed a motion of Mr. King, together with a motion of the delegates of Virginia, on the subject of the settlement of the accounts of the individual states, with the United States. Submit the following resolves ...

The committee, consisting of Mr. Smith, Mr. Long, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Bul...

Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 966 (#554), an attribution later rejected. Cf. v. 33, p. 753. Evans 20062 Journals of the Continen... More

Board of Treasury, August 27, 1785 : Since the resolve of Congress of the sixth July last, directing the board to report the allowances proper to be made to the receivers of continental taxes, our enquiries have naturally turned to the present establishment and duties of the loan officers ...

Board of Treasury, August 27, 1785 : Since the resolve of Congress of ...

Read August 29, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 664-668. Signed: Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston. Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in Journals of the Continent... More

Instructions to [blank] superintendant of Indian affais [i.e. affairs] for the [blank] Department.

Instructions to [blank] superintendant of Indian affais [i.e. affairs]...

Signed: Given at the War-Office of the United States this [blank] day of [blank]. Imprint from Evans. Former attribution to the press of John Dunlap rejected in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 33, ... More

By the United States, in Congress assembled, September 4th, 1782 : On the report of a grand committee, consisting of a member from each state, resolved, that one million two hundred thousand dollars be quotaed on the states, as absolutely and immediately necessary for payment of the interest of the public debt ...

By the United States, in Congress assembled, September 4th, 1782 : On ...

Three resolutions of the Continental Congress, the third dated September 10, 1782. Ascribed to the press of David C. Claypoole by Evans. Evans 17760 LC copy signed in ms.: Chas Thomson secy. Annotated on verso:... More

Articles of a treaty, concluded at the mouth of the Great Miami, on the north-western bank of the Ohio, the thirty-first of January, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, between the commissioners plenipotentiary of the United States of America, of the one part, and the chiefs and warriors of the Shawanoe Nation of the other part.

Articles of a treaty, concluded at the mouth of the Great Miami, on th...

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Motion of Mr. Gerry, seconded by Mr. Howell : Whereas it is indispensibly necessary, for the support of the federal government, that the states should supply their quotas of money ... Resolved, that the several states be earnestly called on to compleat without delay the whole of their quotas of the requisitions last mentioned ...

Motion of Mr. Gerry, seconded by Mr. Howell : Whereas it is indispensi...

Read October 3, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 796. Imprint from Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 33, p. 753. Bristol gives John Dunlap as printer and Philadelphia as place of... More

By the United States in Congress assembled. August 7, 1786 : An ordinance for the regulation of Indian affairs.

By the United States in Congress assembled. August 7, 1786 : An ordina...

The ordinance as passed Aug. 7, 1786. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 490-493. Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 965... More

An address from the United States in Congress assembled to the legislatures of the several states : When the interests of a people are endangered, either through the defect of the government they have established, or the want of timely and vigorous, exertions to give efficacy to its operations, it becomes the duty ...

An address from the United States in Congress assembled to the legisla...

The text of the address as reported in Congress Oct. 6, 1786. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 747-751. Title taken from caption title and opening lines of text. Imprint from Evans. Formerly ... More

By the United States in Congress assembled, October 12, 1785 : Whereas it is indispensibly necessary, for the support of the federal government, that the states should supply their quotas of money ... Resolved, that the several states be earnestly called on to compleat without delay the whole of their quotas of the requisitions last mentioned ...

By the United States in Congress assembled, October 12, 1785 : Whereas...

Resolution read October 12, 1785; "an edition of 60 copies was run off October 6"--Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 929. Title from caption and opening lines of text. Imprint from Evans. Ascribed... More

An ordinance, &c. : Whereas the safety and tranquility of the frontiers of the United States, do in some measure depend on the maintaining a good correspondence between their citizens and the several nations of Indians in amity with them ...

An ordinance, &c. : Whereas the safety and tranquility of the frontier...

A draft of An ordinance for the regulation of Indian affairs; reported in Congress on July 26, 1786. Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, ... More

The committee, consisting of Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Dane, Mr. Monroe, Mr. Johnson and Mr. King, to whom were referred a report from the Board of Treasury : on revising the system adopted for the settlement of the accounts of the five great departments, and containing such alterations therein ...

The committee, consisting of Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Dane, Mr. Monroe, Mr. J...

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In Congress, October 3d, 1776. Resolved, that five millions of continental dollars be immediately borrowed for the use of the United States of America, at the annual interest of four per cent ... By order of Congress, John Hancock, President. [P

In Congress, October 3d, 1776. Resolved, that five millions of contine...

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The United States in Congress assembled. April 27, 1784 : Congress resumed the consideration of the report of the grand committee appointed to prepare and report to Congress, the arrears of interest on the national debt, together with the expences for the year 1784 ...

The United States in Congress assembled. April 27, 1784 : Congress res...

Includes the proceedings and resolves of Congress of the 27th and 28th, concerning the national debt, and of the 29th of April, concerning claims to western territory. According to Wheeler, "the type was reset... More

United States in Congress assembled. May 22d, 1788 : The committee consisting of Mr. Dane, Mr. Williamson, Mr. Irvine, Mr. Hamilton, and Mr. Brown, to whom was referred a motion of Mr. Dane, relative to public and unsettled accounts ...

United States in Congress assembled. May 22d, 1788 : The committee con...

Imprint from Evans. Former attribution to John Dunlap rejected in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 34, p. 631. Recorded in Dunlap's account book. Cf. JCC 603. Evans 21534 Journals of the Continental... More

Estimate of the annual expenditure of the civil departments of the United States, on the present establishment.

Estimate of the annual expenditure of the civil departments of the Uni...

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The grand committee to whom was referred a letter of the governor of Massachusetts, of the 28th of October, 1783, relative to the continental bills of credit of the old emissions, submit the following. ...

The grand committee to whom was referred a letter of the governor of M...

"The original draft, in Jefferson's handwriting, was agreed to in committee April 7th, and laid before Congress May 17th, 1784 ..."--Evans. Imprint supplied by Evans. Evans 18839 Journals of the Continental Con... More

In Congress, October 3d, 1776. Resolved, that five millions of continental dollars be immediately borrowed for the use of the United States of America, at the annual interest of four per cent ... By order of Congress, John Hancock, President. [P

In Congress, October 3d, 1776. Resolved, that five millions of contine...

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An address from the United States in Congress assembled to the legislatures of the several states : When the interests of a people are endangered, either through the defect of the government they have established, or the want of timely and vigorous, exertions to give efficacy to its operations, it becomes the duty ...

An address from the United States in Congress assembled to the legisla...

The text of the address as reported in Congress Oct. 6, 1786. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 747-751. Title taken from caption title and opening lines of text. Imprint from Evans. Formerly ... More

An ordinance, &c. : Whereas the safety and tranquility of the frontiers of the United States, do in some measure depend on the maintaining a good correspondence between their citizens and the several nations of Indians in amity with them ...

An ordinance, &c. : Whereas the safety and tranquility of the frontier...

A draft of An ordinance for the regulation of Indian affairs; reported in Congress on July 26, 1786. Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, ... More

The committee, consisting of Mr. Smith, Mr. Long, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Bull, Mr. Carrington, Mr. Henry, and Mr. Kean, to whom was committed a motion of Mr. King, together with a motion of the delegates of Virginia, on the subject of the settlement of the accounts of the individual states, with the United States. Submit the following resolves ...

The committee, consisting of Mr. Smith, Mr. Long, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Bul...

Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 966 (#554), an attribution later rejected. Cf. v. 33, p. 753. Evans 20062 Journals of the Continen... More

The committee, consisting of Mr. Smith, Mr. Long, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Bull, Mr. Carrington, Mr. Henry, and Mr. Kean, to whom was committed a motion of Mr. King, together with a motion of the delegates of Virginia, on the subject of the settlement of the accounts of the individual states, with the United States. Submit the following resolves ...

The committee, consisting of Mr. Smith, Mr. Long, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Bul...

Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 966 (#554), an attribution later rejected. Cf. v. 33, p. 753. Evans 20062 Journals of the Continen... More

Schedule of requisitions on the several states by the United States in Congress assembled : of 10th Sept. 1782 ... and of 2d August, 1786, shewing the quotas assigned to each, the amount paid thereon, and the balances due.

Schedule of requisitions on the several states by the United States in...

Signed: Treasury of the United States, Register's Office. Imprint from Evans. Evans 20784 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

By the United States in Congress assembled. October 20, 1786 : The committee consisting of Mr. Pettit, Mr. Lee, Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Henry and Mr. Smith, to whom was referred the letter from the War Office with the papers enclosed containing intelligence of the hostile intentions of the Indians in the western coun- [sic] having reported ...

By the United States in Congress assembled. October 20, 1786 : The com...

Imprint from Evans. Evans 20052 Journals of the Continental Congress, 564 LC copy signed in ms.: Chas. Thomson, secy. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Articles of a treaty, concluded at Fort Stanwix, on the twenty-second day of October, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, between Oliver Wolcott, Richard Butler and Arthur Lee, commissioners plenipotentiary from the United States in Congress assembled, on the one part, and the sachems and warriors of the Six Nations on the other.

Articles of a treaty, concluded at Fort Stanwix, on the twenty-second ...

Two treaties; the first, Oct. 22, 1784; the second, Jan. 21, 1785. Cf. Evans 18817, 19278; Journals of the Continental Congress, 480. Caption title. Signed by Wolcott, Butler, and Lee; by 12 representatives of ... More

United States in Congress assembled. May 22d, 1788 : The committee consisting of Mr. Dane, Mr. Williamson, Mr. Irvine, Mr. Hamilton, and Mr. Brown, to whom was referred a motion of Mr. Dane, relative to public and unsettled accounts ...

United States in Congress assembled. May 22d, 1788 : The committee con...

Imprint from Evans. Former attribution to John Dunlap rejected in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 34, p. 631. Recorded in Dunlap's account book. Cf. JCC 603. Evans 21534 Journals of the Continental... More

By the United States in Congress assembled, May 7, 1787 : An ordinance for settling the accounts between the United States, and individual states.

By the United States in Congress assembled, May 7, 1787 : An ordinance...

Imprint from Evans. Evans 20761 Journals of the Continental Congress, 580 LC copy signed in ms. on p. [1]: Chas Thomson, secy. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Articles of a treaty, concluded at the mouth of the Great Miami, on the north-western bank of the Ohio, the thirty-first of January, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, between the commissioners plenipotentiary of the United States of America, of the one part, and the chiefs and warriors of the Shawanoe Nation of the other part.

Articles of a treaty, concluded at the mouth of the Great Miami, on th...

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By the United States in Congress assembled. February 23, 1785 : Resolved, that the quartermaster-general, commissary of purchases, commissary of issues, commissary of forage, and all the late heads of departments or their successors or agents, be required without delay, to forward to the Board of Treasury or to the comptroller, a list of their respective deputies who have been duly authorised to issue certificates. ...

By the United States in Congress assembled. February 23, 1785 : Resolv...

Imprint from Evans. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 916 (#451); but later volumes reject Dunlap as printer. Cf. JCC, v. 33, p. 753. Evans 19281 J... More

By the United States in Congress assembled. August 7, 1786 : An ordinance for the regulation of Indian affairs.

By the United States in Congress assembled. August 7, 1786 : An ordina...

The ordinance as passed Aug. 7, 1786. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 490-493. Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 965... More

The committee consisting of Mr. Gerry, Mr. Williamson and Mr. Hardy, to whom were referred a motion of Mr. Gerry, and a motion of Mr. Howell, submit the following resolves.

The committee consisting of Mr. Gerry, Mr. Williamson and Mr. Hardy, t...

Concerning the submission of claims against the United States. This draft was read Feb. 28, 1785; considered and passed March 17, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 28, p. 107-108, 166-169. Impr... More

Schedule of the French and Dutch loans : shewing the periods of their redemption, with the annual interest payable thereon until their final extinction, for which provision is yet to be made.

Schedule of the French and Dutch loans : shewing the periods of their ...

Imprint from Evans. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 958 (#515); but later volumes reject Dunlap as printer. Cf. JCC, v. 33, p. 753. Evans 200... More

The committee, consisting of Mr. Smith, Mr. Long, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Bull, Mr. Carrington, Mr. Henry, and Mr. Kean, to whom was committed a motion of Mr. King, together with a motion of the delegates of Virginia, on the subject of the settlement of the accounts of the individual states, with the United States. Submit the following resolves ...

The committee, consisting of Mr. Smith, Mr. Long, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Bul...

Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 966 (#554), an attribution later rejected. Cf. v. 33, p. 753. Evans 20062 Journals of the Continen... More

Estimate of the annual expenditure of the civil departments of the United States, on the present establishment.

Estimate of the annual expenditure of the civil departments of the Uni...

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Impressed with a sense of the sacred trust committed to them, and with an anxious and affectionate concern for the interest, honor and safety of their constituents, the United States in Congress assembled, have on various occasions, pointed out the dangerous situation of this nation ...

Impressed with a sense of the sacred trust committed to them, and with...

Reported in Congress Oct. 17, 1786. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 882-885. Imprint suggested by JCC, v. 33, p. 753. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in JCC, v. 31, p. 968 (#56... More

Schedule of requisitions on the several states by the United States in Congress assembled : of 10th Sept. 1782 ... and of 2d August, 1786 shewing the quotas assigned to each, the amount paid thereon, and the balances due on the 30th June, 1786.

Schedule of requisitions on the several states by the United States in...

Signed: Joseph Nourse, Register. Imprint from Evans. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 964 (#542); but later volumes reject Dunlap as printer. ... More

The grand committee to whom was referred a letter of the governor of Massachusetts, of the 28th of October, 1783, relative to the continental bills of credit of the old emissions, submit the following. ...

The grand committee to whom was referred a letter of the governor of M...

"The original draft, in Jefferson's handwriting, was agreed to in committee April 7th, and laid before Congress May 17th, 1784 ..."--Evans. Imprint supplied by Evans. Evans 18839 Journals of the Continental Con... More

The committee consisting of Mr. Williamson, Mr. Stewart and Mr. Hardy, to whom were referred a letter from the supreme executive of the state of Pennsylvania, dated 20th December, a letter dated 24th January, from William Denning, Esquire, auditor of accounts, and sundry other letters and papers, beg leave to report ...

The committee consisting of Mr. Williamson, Mr. Stewart and Mr. Hardy,...

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. I... More

The Board of Treasury to whom was referred a motion for repealing the ordinance of the 13th of October last, and that the board be directed to report an ordinance for the expeditious and equitable settlement of the accounts between the United States, and the individual states, beg leave to report the following ordinance ...

The Board of Treasury to whom was referred a motion for repealing the ...

Signed and dated: All which is humbly submitted, Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston. April 16, 1787. Imprint supplied by Evans. Evans 20755 Journals of the Continental Congress, 573 LC copy annotated on verso: R... More

The committee consisting of Mr. Beresford, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Chase, Mr. Spaight and Mr. Read, appointed to take into consideration the state of Indian affairs in the Southern Department, beg leave to report ...

The committee consisting of Mr. Beresford, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Chase, M...

Title taken from opening lines of text. Imprint from Evans, who gives date May 28, 1784. "The original draft is in the handwriting of Thomas Jefferson"--Evans. Evans 18830 Journals of the Continental Congress, ... More

The committee, consisting of Mr. Smith, Mr. Long, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Bull, Mr. Carrington, Mr. Henry, and Mr. Kean, to whom was committed a motion of Mr. King, together with a motion of the delegates of Virginia, on the subject of the settlement of the accounts of the individual states, with the United States. Submit the following resolves ...

The committee, consisting of Mr. Smith, Mr. Long, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Bul...

Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 966 (#554), an attribution later rejected. Cf. v. 33, p. 753. Evans 20062 Journals of the Continen... More

The committee, consisting of Mr. Smith, Mr. Long, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Bull, Mr. Carrington, Mr. Henry, and Mr. Kean, to whom was committed a motion of Mr. King, together with a motion of the delegates of Virginia, on the subject of the settlement of the accounts of the individual states, with the United States. Submit the following resolves ...

The committee, consisting of Mr. Smith, Mr. Long, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Bul...

Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 966 (#554), an attribution later rejected. Cf. v. 33, p. 753. Evans 20062 Journals of the Continen... More

Schedule of requisitions on the several states by the United States in Congress assembled : of 10th Sept. 1782 ... and of 2d August, 1786, shewing the quotas assigned to each, the amount paid thereon, and the balances due.

Schedule of requisitions on the several states by the United States in...

Signed: Treasury of the United States, Register's Office. Imprint from Evans. Evans 20784 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

By the United States in Congress assembled. October 20, 1786 : The committee consisting of Mr. Pettit, Mr. Lee, Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Henry and Mr. Smith, to whom was referred the letter from the War Office with the papers enclosed containing intelligence of the hostile intentions of the Indians in the western coun- [sic] having reported ...

By the United States in Congress assembled. October 20, 1786 : The com...

Imprint from Evans. Evans 20052 Journals of the Continental Congress, 564 LC copy signed in ms.: Chas. Thomson, secy. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Estimate of the annual expenditure of the civil departments of the United States, on the present establishment.

Estimate of the annual expenditure of the civil departments of the Uni...

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Estimate of the annual expenditure of the civil departments of the United States, on the present establishment.

Estimate of the annual expenditure of the civil departments of the Uni...

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Estimate of the annual expenditure of the civil departments of the United States, on the present establishment.

Estimate of the annual expenditure of the civil departments of the Uni...

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In Congress, March 25, 1777 : Whereas by a resolve of Congress of the 3d of October, 1776, the commissioners of the loan-offices were directed to transmit to the Continental Treasurer once a month an account of the cash in their respective offices ... Resolved, that the several commissioners of the loan-offices hereafter make monthly returns to the Board of Treasury ...

In Congress, March 25, 1777 : Whereas by a resolve of Congress of the ...

The committee consisting of Mr. Hardy, Mr. Houston, Mr. Read, Mr. Williamson, and Mr. Holten, to whom was referred the report of a committee on the state of southern Indian affairs, beg leave to submit the following report.

The committee consisting of Mr. Hardy, Mr. Houston, Mr. Read, Mr. Wil...

This draft read March 4, 1785; amended report was delivered March 11. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 28, p. 118-120. Evans incorrectly gives March 11, 1785 as date of text. Imprint from Evans. For... More

By the United States in Congress assembled, Wednesday, August 20, 1788 : The committee, consisting of Mr. Clark, Mr. Dane, Mr. Williamson, Mr. Bingham, and Mr. Baldwin, to whom was referred the report of the Board of Treasury respecting a requisition for the year 1788, having reported ...

By the United States in Congress assembled, Wednesday, August 20, 1788...

Imprint from Evans. Former attribution to John Dunlap rejected in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 34, p. 631. Recorded in Dunlap's account book. Cf. JCC 611. Evans 21516 Journals of the Continental... More

The Board of Treasury, to whom it was referred to revise the system adopted for the settlement of the accounts of the five great departments, and to report such alterations therein, or such other mode as in their opinion may be more conducive to a speedy and just settlement of said accounts : beg leave to report ...

The Board of Treasury, to whom it was referred to revise the system ad...

Imprint suggested by the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 33, p. 753. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in JCC, v. 31, p. 957 (#512). Bristol gives Dunlap as printer and Philadelphia as plac... More

The committee consisting of Mr. Beresford, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Chase, Mr. Spaight and Mr. Read, appointed to take into consideration the state of Indian affairs in the Southern Department, beg leave to report ...

The committee consisting of Mr. Beresford, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Chase, M...

Title taken from opening lines of text. Imprint from Evans, who gives date May 28, 1784. "The original draft is in the handwriting of Thomas Jefferson"--Evans. Evans 18830 Journals of the Continental Congress, ... More

The committee, consisting of Mr. Duane, Mr. Peters, Mr. Carrol [i.e. Carroll], Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Lee, to whom were referred a report on Indian affairs, read in Congress on the 21st of April last, a letter from General Schuyler ... with messages to and from certain hostile Indians on the subject of peace ... submit the following detail of facts and resolutions ...

The committee, consisting of Mr. Duane, Mr. Peters, Mr. Carrol [i.e. C...

"This report, in the writing of James Duane, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, no. 30, folios 35-43. It was first read September 19 [1783], and printed"--Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 35,... More

Articles of a treaty, concluded at Fort Stanwix, on the twenty-second day of October, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, between Oliver Wolcott, Richard Butler and Arthur Lee, commissioners plenipotentiary from the United States in Congress assembled, on the one part, and the sachems and warriors of the Six Nations on the other.

Articles of a treaty, concluded at Fort Stanwix, on the twenty-second ...

Two treaties; the first, Oct. 22, 1784; the second, Jan. 21, 1785. Cf. Evans 18817, 19278; Journals of the Continental Congress, 480. Caption title. Signed by Wolcott, Butler, and Lee; by 12 representatives of ... More

Estimate of the annual expenditure of the civil departments of the United States, on the present establishment.

Estimate of the annual expenditure of the civil departments of the Uni...

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The committee consisting of Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Monroe, and Mr. King, appointed to form an ordinance for the compleat arrangement and government of the Indian Department, submit the following to the consideration of Congress : An ordinance for regulating the Indian Department.

The committee consisting of Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Monroe, and Mr. King, ap...

A draft of An ordinance for the regulation of Indian affairs; reported in Congress June 28, 1786. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 30, p. 368-372. Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John D... More

By the United States in Congress assembled, May 7, 1787 : An ordinance for settling the accounts between the United States, and individual states.

By the United States in Congress assembled, May 7, 1787 : An ordinance...

Imprint from Evans. Evans 20761 Journals of the Continental Congress, 580 LC copy signed in ms. on p. [1]: Chas Thomson, secy. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Schedule of requisitions on the several states by the United States in Congress assembled : of 10th Sept. 1782 ... and of 2d August, 1786 shewing the quotas assigned to each, the amount paid thereon, and the balances due on the 30th June, 1786.

Schedule of requisitions on the several states by the United States in...

Signed: Joseph Nourse, Register. Imprint from Evans. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 964 (#542); but later volumes reject Dunlap as printer. ... More

By the United States in Congress assembled. August 7, 1786 : An ordinance for the regulation of Indian affairs.

By the United States in Congress assembled. August 7, 1786 : An ordina...

The ordinance as passed Aug. 7, 1786. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 490-493. Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 965... More

An address from the United States in Congress assembled to the legislatures of the several states : When the interests of a people are endangered, either through the defect of the government they have established, or the want of timely and vigorous, exertions to give efficacy to its operations, it becomes the duty ...

An address from the United States in Congress assembled to the legisla...

The text of the address as reported in Congress Oct. 6, 1786. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 747-751. Title taken from caption title and opening lines of text. Imprint from Evans. Formerly ... More

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