In Congress, April 23, 1778
Subtitle: Whereas persuasion and influence, the example of the deluded or wicked, the fear of danger, or the calamities of war, may have induced some of the subjects of these states to join, aid or abet the British forces in America ...
Contributors: Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824.; Hall & Sellers,; Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed by Hall and Sellers
Published: 1778
Place of publication: York-Town [Pa.]
Language: eng
Subjects: American loyalists.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
Notes: Resolution of the Continental Congress recommending pardons to British sympathizers who freely turn themselves in.
Signed: Extract from the minutes, Charles Thomson, secretary.
LC copy annotated on verso: Vote[?] of Congress to receive returning Sinners. Dated in another hand: 23 Apr. 1778. Numbered at head of text: 124.
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Evans 16119
Journals of the Continental Congress, 203