United States. Continental Congress. [Resolution and order regarding sending an officer to Canada to negotiate the withdrawal of British troops from the United States]

GLC02437.03005

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GLC#
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Type
Documents
Date
24 May 1784 - 3 June 1784
Author/Creator
United States. Continental Congress.
Title
[Resolution and order regarding sending an officer to Canada to negotiate the withdrawal of British troops from the United States]
Place Written
Annapolis, Maryland
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 32 cm, Width: 20 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
Creating a New Government

Signed by Charles Thomson as Secretary of Congress. Includes a resolution from 24 May 1784 that "Congress approve of the proposition of Major General Knox to send a field officer into Canada for the purpose of ascertaining... the time when the posts within the United States now occupied by the British Troops shall be evacuated..." The resolution is followed by a 3 June 1784 Congressional order for the superintendent of Finance to advance money to Colonel William Hull for the expedition.

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