Book/Printed Material Image 1 of An ordinance, &c.

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Title

  • An ordinance, &c. : Whereas the safety and tranquility of the frontiers of the United States, do in some measure depend on the maintaining a good correspondence between their citizens and the several nations of Indians in amity with them ...

Names

  • United States. Continental Congress.
  • United States.
  • Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [New York : s.n., 1786]

Headings

  • -  Indians of North America--Government relations--To 1789

Notes

  • -  A draft of An ordinance for the regulation of Indian affairs; reported in Congress on July 26, 1786.
  • -  Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 965 (#546), an attribution later rejected. Cf. v. 33, p. 753.
  • -  Evans 20071
  • -  Journals of the Continental Congress, 546
  • -  LC copy annotated to show amendments as reported on August 7, 1786.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Medium

  • 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 32 x 20 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Cont Cong no. 194

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90898254

Online Format

  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Continental Congress, United States, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. An ordinance, &c.: Whereas the safety and tranquility of the frontiers of the United States, do in some measure depend on the maintaining a good correspondence between their citizens and the several nations of Indians in amity with them. [New York: s.n, 1786] Online Text. https://www.loc.gov/item/90898254/.

APA citation style:

United States Continental Congress, United States & Continental Congress Broadside Collection. (1786) An ordinance, &c.: Whereas the safety and tranquility of the frontiers of the United States, do in some measure depend on the maintaining a good correspondence between their citizens and the several nations of Indians in amity with them. [New York: s.n] [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/90898254/.

MLA citation style:

United States Continental Congress, United States, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. An ordinance, &c.: Whereas the safety and tranquility of the frontiers of the United States, do in some measure depend on the maintaining a good correspondence between their citizens and the several nations of Indians in amity with them. [New York: s.n, 1786] Online Text. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/90898254/>.