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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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.

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 ...

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

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.

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

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 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

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

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, 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. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

By the United States in Congress assembled. March 17, 1785 : Whereas it must conduce to the preservation of public credit, and the equal distribution of justice, that the amount of the national debt be ascertained with the utmost expedition ... Resolved, that all persons having unliquidated claims against the United States, be, and they are hereby required, within twelve months from the date hereof, to deliver a particular abstract of such claims to some commissioner ...

By the United States in Congress assembled. March 17, 1785 : Whereas i...

Two resolutions of the Continental Congress concerning the settling of accounts. Imprint suggested by the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 33, p. 753; fomerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in v. ... More

By the United States in Congress assembled. March 17, 1785 : Whereas it must conduce to the preservation of public credit, and the equal distribution of justice, that the amount of the national debt be ascertained with the utmost expedition ... Resolved, that all persons having unliquidated claims against the United States, be, and they are hereby required, within twelve months from the date hereof, to deliver a particular abstract of such claims to some commissioner ...

By the United States in Congress assembled. March 17, 1785 : Whereas i...

Two resolutions of the Continental Congress concerning the settling of accounts. Imprint suggested by the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 33, p. 753; fomerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in v. ... More

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.

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

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

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 ...

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