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Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789
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Item Title
By the Congress of the United States of America. Manifesto : These United States, having been driven to hostilities by the oppressive and tyrannous measures of Great-Britain ... they declared themselves free and independent. ...
United States. Continental Congress.
Created/Published
[Philadelphia : Printed by John Dunlap, 1778]
Notes
Signed: Done in Congress, by unanimous consent, the thirtieth day of October, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight. Henry Laurens, president. Attest. Charles Thomson, secretary.
Imprint supplied by Evans.
Evans 16132
Journals of the Continental Congress, 230
Subjects
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
Broadsides--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1778.
United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Broadsheet format (Printing)--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1778.
Related Names
Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792.
Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824.
Dunlap, John, 1747-1812, printer.
Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
Medium
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 33 x 21 cm.
Call Number
Cont Cong no. 52
Digital ID
bdsdcc 05201 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/bdsdcc.05201