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02 May 1780
U.S. Continental Congress
Instructions to captains and commanders of private armed vessels...
Evans 17021. Printed broadside authorizing privateering. With Thompson's name printed at end
GLC00820
11 June 1779
Unknown
To the inhabitants of the United States of America
With notes on verso: "West Springfield" and calculations. Evans 16637. Printed by order of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, printing a congressional resolution for a $45 million requisition, approved by Jay as President of Congress.
GLC00882
23 January 1776
Massachusetts. Colony. Legislature
By the Great and General Court of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay: A Proclamation.
This document explains the Revolutionary views of the House of Representatives of the colony of Massachusetts Bay. The writing covers the philosophy behind Massachusetts as a colony and as a free state. Signed at end: "God Save the People"
GLC00905
2 August 1776 circa
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
Declaration of Independence [Charleston, 1776]
Unrecorded and unique. Endorsed on verso. Peter Timothy was printer to the colony of South Carolina, and later to the state of North Carolina. News of the Declaration was received Aug. 2. Timothy's broadside follows Dunlap with minor variants of...
GLC00959
after 04 July 1776
Paine, Robert Treat (1731-1814)
[Oath of allegiance to the independence of the United States]
Signed by 12 men, including two signers of the Declaration of Independence, Robert Treat Paine and Matthew Thornton. Paine's signature is unusual because he is from Massachusetts. Certifies that the signers, "Do solemnly swear, that I do renounce...
GLC00170
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