Documents From the Continental Congress and the Constitution Convention 1774-1789

Sinopse

Contains broadsides and other documents pertaining to the work of the Continental Congress during the Revolutionary War and Confederation period. Items include acts, resolutions, committee reports, treaties, and proclamations. Many of the documents represent drafts of resolutions and bills which eventually passed in a different form; some items have manuscript annotations which are not elsewhere recorded. Some pieces exist in multiple copies.