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040 _aDLC
_cDLC
_edacs
_dDLC
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_2lcmd
110 1 _aUnited States.
_bContinental Congress.
245 0 0 _aUnited States. Continental Congress records,
_f1765-1825
_g(bulk 1774-1790).
300 _a700
_fitems.
300 _a3
_fcontainers plus
_a1
_foversize.
300 _a3
_fmicrofilm reels.
300 _a1.2
_flinear feet.
351 _aArranged chronologically within 3 groups: original material; facsimiles, transcriptions, and photocopies; and microfilm.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aOriginal 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.
520 8 _aOf 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.
520 8 _aOther 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.
533 _aIn part, facsimilies, transcripts, and photocopies.
_b[S.l.].
530 _aMicrofilm edition available, in part,
_dnos. 4,521 and 4,607.
533 _aMicrofilm edition produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.
_bWashington, D.C. :
_cLibrary of Congress Photoduplication Service.
530 _aMicrofilm edition only,
_dno. 10,128.
533 _aMicrofilm of originals in private hands.
535 1 _aPrivate.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012005
600 1 0 _aAdams, John,
_d1735-1826.
600 1 0 _aBeaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de,
_d1732-1799.
600 1 0 _aBingham, William,
_d1752-1804.
600 1 0 _aDickinson, John,
_d1732-1808.
600 1 0 _aGates, Horatio,
_d1728-1806.
600 1 0 _aHancock, John,
_d1737-1793.
600 1 0 _aJay, John,
_d1745-1829.
600 1 0 _aJones, John Paul,
_d1747-1792.
600 1 0 _aLaurens, Henry,
_d1724-1792.
600 1 0 _aLee, Richard Henry,
_d1732-1794.
600 1 0 _aMadison, James,
_d1751-1836.
600 1 0 _aMorris, Robert,
_d1734-1806.
600 1 0 _aThomson, Charles,
_d1729-1824.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bContinental Congress.
_bSecret Committee.
650 0 _aAllegiance
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aIndians of North America
_xGovernment relations.
650 0 _aFinance, Public
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aOaths
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xAppropriations and expenditures.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yRevolution, 1775-1783.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yRevolution, 1775-1783
_xEquipment and supplies.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yRevolution, 1775-1783
_xSecret service.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_y19th century.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xMilitary policy.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y18th century.
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012005
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012005.3
999 _c43752
_d43752