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A letter to the inhabitants of the province of Quebec extract from the minutes of the Congress.

Title
A letter to the inhabitants of the province of Quebec [electronic resource] : extract from the minutes of the Congress.
Author
United States. Continental Congress (1774)
Publication
Philadelphia : Printed by William and Thomas Bradford, October, 1774.

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Additional Authors
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808.
Description
1 p.l., 37-50 p.; 21 cm.
Subjects
Note
  • Signed by Henry Middleton, president of the Congress, October 26, 1774.
  • "Cushing, Lee and Dickinson were appointed, October 21, a committee to prepare this letter, the draft of which, both by common acceptance and by the statement in Dickinson's 'Writings' (published in 1801, under his supervision), is referred to Dickinson's pen; yet John Adams (Diary in 'Works', II, 392), on October 4 writes, 'General Lee came to my lodgings and showed me address from the C. to the people of Canada, which he had'--or, eleven days before Dickinson was elected to the Congress, and eighteen days before the committee was appointed."--P.L. Ford, Some materials for a bibl. of the ... Continental congress, Boston, 1890, no. 7.
  • Though printed later and with a separate title, the "Letter" was intended to be a part of the "Extracts from the votes and proceedings of the American Continental congress," Philadelphia, Printed by W. and T. Bradford, October 27th, 1774. (2 p.l., 12, 11, 36 p.)
  • Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
  • Sabin no. 40489.
Indexed In (note)
  • RLIN
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
LCCN
08018204
OCLC
CTRG249622-B
Author
United States. Continental Congress (1774)
Title
A letter to the inhabitants of the province of Quebec [electronic resource] : extract from the minutes of the Congress.
Imprint
Philadelphia : Printed by William and Thomas Bradford, October, 1774.
Indexed In:
RLIN, CTRG249622-B
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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Added Author
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808. lcn00061576
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