Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789

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Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789

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The committee consisting of [blank] to whom was referred the motion of Mr. Monroe, submit the following report : That the first paragraph of the ninth of the Articles of Confederation be altered, so as to read thus, viz. ... That the following letter be addressed to the legislatures of the several states, showing the principles on which the above alteration is proposed. ...

United States. Continental Congress.

Created/Published

[New York : s.n., 1785]

Notes

Read March 28, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 28, p. 201-205.

Imprint from Evans. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in JCC, v. 29, p. 919 (#462); but later volumes reject Dunlap as printer. Cf. JCC, v. 33, p. 753.

Evans 19301

Journals of the Continental Congress, 462

LC copy annotated at bottom of p. [2]: Regulation of trade. Addressed in a different hand: Mr. Johnson.

Subjects

United States.--Articles of Confederation.
United States.--Continental Congress--Powers and duties.
United States--Commerce.
Broadsides--New York (N.Y.)--1785.
United States--New York--New York.
Broadsheet format (Printing)--New York (N.Y.)--1785.

Related Names

Johnson, William Samuel, 1727-1819, former owner.
Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)

Medium

1 sheet ([2] p.) ; 43 x 26 cm.

Call Number

Cont Cong no. 118

Digital ID

bdsdcc 11801 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/bdsdcc.11801