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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Item Title

The representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, to the people in general, and particularly to the inhabitants of Pennsylvania, and the adjacent states.

United States. Continental Congress.

Created/Published

[Philadelphia : Printed by John Dunlap, 1776]

Notes

Signed: Given at Philadelphia, December 10, 1776. By order of Congress, John Hancock, president.

Imprint supplied by Evans.

Evans 15173

Journals of the Continental Congress, 134

Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3463

LC copy imperfect: bottom of sheet torn, with minor loss of text in last two paragraphs.

Source: Transfer from Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.

Subjects

Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes.
Broadsides--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1776.
United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Broadsheet format (Printing)--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1776.

Related Names

Hancock, John, 1737-1793.
Dunlap, John, 1747-1812, printer.
Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)

Medium

1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 42 x 26 cm.

Call Number

Cont Cong no. 18

Digital ID

bdsdcc 01801 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/bdsdcc.01801