In Congress, April 14, 1779 : Whereas Congress, on the twenty-first day of August last, did resolve, that when any persons are desirous of going within the enemy’s lines, they shall apply to the executive power of the state to which they belong ... Resolved, that any officer, who shall permit a person to go within the enemy’s lines without such recommendation ... shall thereby forfeit his commission, verso

Revolutionary Era broadsides, 1775-1783

Philadelphia [Pa.]

Printed by Hall and Sellers

1779-04-14
[1779]

1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 24 x 19 cm

Signed: Extract from the minutes, Charles Thomson, secretary. New-York Historical copy inscribed on verso: "Gen. Gates"; in another hand, "Resolve of Congress, dated 14th April, 1779". References: Evans 16575; Journals of the Continental Congress, 265

Broadsides -- SY1779 no.13
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United States. Continental Army--Regulations

broadsides (notices)

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