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Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789
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Item Title
In Congress, May 21, 1776 : Resolved, that all persons taken in arms on board any prize, be deemed prisoners, to be taken care of by the supreme executive power in each colony to which they are brought, whether the prize be taken by vessels fitted out by the Continent ...
United States. Continental Congress.
Created/Published
[Philadelphia : Printed by John Dunlap, 1776]
Notes
Evans gives "Philadelphia." as first word of title transcription, but LC copy filmed for microform edition begins "In Congress."
Signed: Extract from the minutes, published by order of Congress, Charles Thomson, secretary.
Imprint from Evans.
Text includes the form of the parole for prisoners of war.
Evans 15142
Journals of the Continental Congress, 108
Subjects
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons.
Prisoners of war--United States.
Broadsides--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1776.
United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Broadsheet format (Printing)--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1776.
Related Names
Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824.
Dunlap, John, 1747-1812, printer.
Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
Medium
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 41 x 24 cm.
Call Number
Cont Cong no. 11
Digital ID
bdsdcc 01101 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/bdsdcc.01101