By the United States in Congress assembled, April 7, 1781
Subtitle: Be it ordained and it is hereby ordained, by the United States in Congress assembled, that the following instructions be observed by the captains or commanders of private armed vessels, commissioned by letters of marque or general reprisals, or otherwise by the authority of the United States in Congress assembled. ...
Contributors: Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824.; Claypoole, David C., 1757?-1849, printer.; Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed by David C. Claypoole
Published: 1781
Place of publication: [Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Privateering -- United States.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Prizes, etc.
Notes: Signed: Extract from the minutes, Charles Thomson, secretary.
Imprint from Evans.
Line endings differ from those given by the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 21, p. 1199-1200.
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Evans 17384
Journals of the Continental Congress, 359