In Congress, Wednesday, April 3, 1776: Instructions to the commanders of private ships or vessels of war, which shall have commissions or letters of marque and reprisal, authorising them to make captures of British vessels and cargoes
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United States ; Continental Congress. ; Hancock, John ; 1737-1793
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In Congress, Wednesday. April 3, 1776: Instructions to the commanders of private ships or vessels of war, which shall have commissions or letters of marque and reprisal, authorising them to make captures of British vessels and cargoes
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United States ; Continental Congress. ; Jay, John ; 1745-1829
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In Council. Philadelphia, 28th July, 1777: Sir, The following lines come to you from Council in the most pressing exigency of public affairs, in which the very existence of this state is threatened
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Pennsylvania ; Council of Safety. ; Dunlap, John ; 1747-1812 ; Wharton, Thomas ; 1735-1778
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In Council. Philadelphia, February 3d, 1779: Present, His Excellency Joseph Reed, Esq. president, Hon. George Bryan, Esq. ... This board having maturely considered the general tenor and course of the military command exercised by Major General Arnold, in this city and state
In Council. Philadelphia, July 31, 1777: Sir, I wrote to you on the 28th instant, and ordered [blank] class of the militia of your county to be immediately marched to Chester
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Pennsylvania ; Council of Safety. ; Wharton, Thomas ; 1735-1778
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In Council. Philadelphia, July 9th, 1778: Sir, As it is of great importance to the reputation of the state, that attention be paid to the settlement of the public accounts in due time
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Pennsylvania ; Supreme Executive Council. ; Pennsylvania ; Council of Safety ; Bryan, George ; 1731-1791 ; Lacey, John ; 1755-1814
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In committee, July 14, 1779: Resolved, that the plan for stopping emissions be printed in hand-bills, and distributed for the consideration of the public; and that a town-meeting be held in the state house yard, on Monday the 26th instant, at ten o'clock in the forenoon
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Philadelphia (Pa.) ; Henry, William ; 1729-1786 ; Bradford, Thomas ; 1745-1838 ; Zabriskie, John
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In the House of Representatives, June 26, 1776: Whereas repeated applications have been made by the Honorable Congress to this Court, to procure a sum of hard money, to be forthwith sent into Canada, for the support of our army ... Resolved, that ... the friends of America ... sign subscription-papers, purporting what sum in hard money each man is willing to exchange for Continental bills ... In Council, June 27, 1776. Read and concurr'd
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Massachusetts ; General Court. ; Danielson, Timothy. ; Lowell, John ; 1743-1802 ; Edes, Benjamin ; 1732-1803
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In the House of Representatives, November 1, 1776: Ordered, that the following address from the General Court of this state, to the officers and private soldiers who are gone from thence and are serving in the American army, be printed in two thousand hand-bills
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Massachusetts ; General Court. ; Bowdoin, James ; 1726-1790 ; Edes, Benjamin ; 1732-1803
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Instructions to the officers appointed to recruit in New-York, for the service of the United States of America
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United States ; Continental Congress. ; United States ; Continental Army. ; Loudon, Samuel ; 1727?-1813 ; Yates, Robert ; 1738-1801 ; Harpur, Robert ; 1731-1825
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Instructions to the officers appointed to recruit in New-York, for the service of the United States of America
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United States ; Continental Congress. ; United States ; Continental Army. ; Loudon, Samuel ; 1727?-1813
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Know all men by these presents, that we [blank] are held and firmly bound to [blank] president of the Congress of the United Colonies of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the counties of Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia, to be paid to the said [blank] ... in trust for the use of the said United Colonies
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Manifesto and proclamation: To the members of the Congress, the members of the general assemblies or conventions of the several colonies ... and all others, free inhabitants of the said colonies ... By the Earl of Carlisle, Sir Henry Clinton, and William Eden, Esq; ... commissioners to treat, consult, and agree upon the means of quieting the disorders now subsisting in certain of the colonies, plantations, and provinces in North-America
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Great Britain ; Commissioners to Treat, Consult, and Agree upon the Means of Quieting the Disorders in Now Subsisting in Certain of the Colonies, Plantations, and Provinces in North-America. ; United States ; Continental Congress. ; Carlisle, Frederick Howard ; 1748-1825 ; Clinton, Henry ; 1738?-1795 ; Auckland, William Eden ; 1744-1814 ; Rivington, James ; 1724-1802 ; Smith
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Meditations on death: Composed on the death of Mr. John Pierson, junr. of Killingworth, who died April 8th, A.D. 1776; in the thirty-first year of his age. Directed in particular to the bereaved friends ; Lord Jehovah reigns on high
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Green, Thomas ; 1735-1812 ; Green, Samuel ; 1743-1799 ; Pierson, Lydia
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New-York, April 23, 1777. Song for St. George's Day. Tune, Hail England, Old England ; Song for St. George's Day ; For ages the nations beheld with surprize
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Odell, Jonathan ; 1737-1818 ; Onderdonk Paper Mill
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Newport, April 17, 1783: Proposals for printing, by subscription, an inquiry concerning the future punishment of those who die in their sins ... By Samuel Hopkins, A.M. Pastor of the First Congregational Church in Newport. This work ... will be printed in a short time ... Those who subscribe for six books, or more, shall for every six have a seventh gratis
The News carrier, to the generous customers of the New Hampshire gazette. A New Year's wish ; Around the circling year has whirl'd ; New-Hampshire gazette, or, state journal and general advertiser
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The News-carriers address, to his customers. January 1st, 1782 ; Once more the New Years morn returns
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Observations on the slaves and the indented servants, inlisted in the army, and in the navy of the United States
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Antibiastes. ; Steiner, Melchior ; d. 1807? ; Cist, Charles ; 1738-1805
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On this day of renown, all joys shower down
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Gaine, Hugh ; 1726 or 7-1807 ; Odell, Jonathan ; 1737-1818
