An ordinance for establishing a board to liquidate and settle all accounts between the United States and individual states.
Contributors: Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1786
Place of publication: [New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Finance, Public -- United States -- States.; United States -- Claims.
Notes: Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
A draft of the ordinance as discussed in Congress Oct. 6 through Oct. 13, 1786. Includes passages dropped from the ordinance as passed on Oct. 13, 1786. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 777-781.
At bottom of page: That the commission of the board shall continue in force for three years, unless sooner revoked by Congress. Done, &c.
Imprint suggested by JCC, v. 33, p. 753. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in JCC, v. 31, p. 697 (#560). Bristol gives Dunlap as printer and Philadelphia as place of publication.
Evans 20072 was filmed in place of this document.
Not in Evans.
Bristol B6403
Shipton & Mooney 45001
Journals of the Continental Congress, 560