By the United States of America in Congress assembled. A proclamation, declaring the cessation of arms, as well by sea as by land, agreed upon between the United States of America and His Britannic Majesty, and enjoining the observance thereof.
Contributors: Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821.; Hayes, James, 1759-1804, printer.; Virginia. Governor (1781-1784 : Harrison); Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed by James Hayes, printer to the Commonwealth
Published: 1783
Place of publication: Richmond
Language: eng
Subjects: Great Britain.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Peace.
Notes: Caption title.
Signed: Done in Congress, at Philadelphia, this eleventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three ... Elias Boudinot, president. (Attest.) Charles Thomson, sec'ry.
Followed by: By His Excellency Benjamin Harrison, Esquire, governor of the commonwealth of Virginia. A Proclamation. ... Given ... this twenty-first day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three ...
LC copy annotated with numbers and calculations in ink on verso.
Source: Transfer from Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Evans 18242
Journals of the Continental Congress, 402