TY  - GEN
ED  - United States.
TI  - United States. Continental Congress records,
KW  - Adams, John,
KW  - Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de,
KW  - Bingham, William,
KW  - Dickinson, John,
KW  - Gates, Horatio,
KW  - Hancock, John,
KW  - Jay, John,
KW  - Jones, John Paul,
KW  - Laurens, Henry,
KW  - Lee, Richard Henry,
KW  - Madison, James,
KW  - Morris, Robert,
KW  - Thomson, Charles,
KW  - United States
KW  - Continental Congress
KW  - Secret Committee
KW  - Allegiance
KW  - Indians of North America
KW  - Government relations
KW  - Finance, Public
KW  - Oaths
KW  - Appropriations and expenditures
KW  - History
KW  - Revolution, 1775-1783
KW  - Equipment and supplies
KW  - Secret service
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Military policy
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 18th century
N1  - Open to research; Microfilm edition available, in part; nos. 4,521 and 4,607; Microfilm edition only; no. 10,128; In part, facsimilies, transcripts, and photocopies; [S.l.]; Microfilm edition produced from originals in the Manuscript Division; Washington, D.C.; Library of Congress Photoduplication Service; Microfilm of originals in private hands; Private
N2  - 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
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012005
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012005.3
ER  -