United States Continental Congress. creator mixed material monographic eng 700 3 1 3 1.2 Original and reproduced records of the U.S. Continental Congress. Includes letters and extracts from letters, circular letters, extracts from journals and minutes of the congress and its committees, committee reports, orders, resolutions, contracts, oaths of allegiance to the United States, requisitions, financial documents, and lists. Subjects include finance, supplies, intelligence, personnel, political affairs, legislation, military matters, and Indian affairs. Of note in the collection are a bundle of forty-six bills of exchange payable to Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, supplier of arms and military stores to the United States, June 15, 1779; a group of fifteen letters (1777 January 17-1781 November 17) to the U.S. Continental Congress Secret Committee and Robert Morris from William Bingham, merchant and agent for Congress in St. Pierre, Martinique, and after his return to the United States; and an incomplete set of monthly attendance reports for delegates to the Congress, September 1785-May 1788. Other persons represented include John Adams, John Dickinson, Horatio Gates, John Hancock, John Jay, John Paul Jones, Henry Laurens, Richard Henry Lee, James Madison, and Charles Thomson. Open to research. In part, facsimilies, transcripts, and photocopies. [S.l.]. Microfilm edition available, in part, nos. 4,521 and 4,607. Microfilm edition produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service. Microfilm edition only, no. 10,128. Microfilm of originals in private hands. Private. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012005 Adams, John 1735-1826 Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de 1732-1799 Bingham, William 1752-1804 Dickinson, John 1732-1808 Gates, Horatio 1728-1806 Hancock, John 1737-1793 Jay, John 1745-1829 Jones, John Paul 1747-1792 Laurens, Henry 1724-1792 Lee, Richard Henry 1732-1794 Madison, James 1751-1836 Morris, Robert 1734-1806 Thomson, Charles 1729-1824 United States. Continental Congress. Secret Committee. Allegiance United States Indians of North America Government relations Finance, Public United States Oaths United States United States Appropriations and expenditures United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Equipment and supplies United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Secret service United States History 19th century United States Military policy United States Politics and government 18th century mm 82082974 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012005 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012005.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012005 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012005.3 Open to research. DLC 820702 20260227111717.0 mm 82082974