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- GLC#
- GLC00081
- Type
- Books & pamphlets
- Date
- September 5, 1774
- Author/Creator
- United States. Continental Congress.
- Title
- Journal of the proceedings of Congress, held at Philadelphia, September 5, 1774
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- [2] 132 p. : Height: 21 cm, Width: 13 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- Road to Revolution
1st Ed., 1st issue. Printed by William and Thomas Bradford. Front & back boards off. This 1st issue lacks the 12-page petition to the King in the 2nd issue (see Broadside, GLC 1671). Included adoption of a Declaration of Rights, Address to the People of Great Britain, and an Address to the Inhabitants of the Province of Quebec, an the resolution to reassemble 10 May 1775 if liberties had not been restored. The famous seal on the titlepage depicts twelve hands reaching out to support a column topped with liberty cap, and resting on the Magna Carta. (Georgia did not send a delegate.) Evans 13737, Howes J263, Lilly-Powers 33. (Not in Sabin or Hildeburn who both cite the 2d issue.)
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