Report of commissioners for settling a cartel for the exchange of prisoners
Contributors: Harrison, Robert Hanson, 1745-1790.; United States. Continental Congress.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 16631.
Publisher: Printed by David C. Claypoole, printer to the Honorable the Congress of the United States of America.
Published: 1779
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 20
Subjects: Prisoners of war -- Great Britain.; Prisoners of war -- United States.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Prisoners, Exchange of.
Notes: Submitted by William Davies and Robert H. Harrison. Davis and Harrison were appointed by General Washington "to treat, confer, determine and conclude upon a cartel for the exchange of prisoners, and for all matters whatsoever which may be properly contained therein." A resolve of the Continental Congress dated May 10, 1779, (p. 20) orders that the report be published and transmitted to American prisoners.

Signatures: [A]þ́ Bþ́ C℗ø.

Evans 16631.

Hildeburn, C.R.  Pennsylvania, 3946.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 16631)