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Summary
Includes a resolution of the Continental Congress, dated April 12, 1779 and signed: Extract from the minutes, Charles Thomson, secretary.
Evans 16647
Journals of the Continental Congress, 264
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
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Date
01/01/1779
Contributors
United States Lottery.
Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824.
Dunlap, John, 1747-1812, printer.
United States. Continental Congress.
Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain
