An address of the Congress to the inhabitants of the United States of America : Friends and countrymen, three years have now passed away, since the commencement of the present war. ..

Contributor:

Hall & Sellers (printer)

Name:

United States. Continental Congress; Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792; Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824

Timespan:

Revolution, 1775-1783

Date:

1778

Language:

English

Provenance:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (former owner)

Publisher:

Printed by Hall and Sellers

Relation:

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/bdsdcc.04601

Subject:

History

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

books; broadsides (notices); speeches (documents); Broadsheet format (Printing)

Physical Description:

1 sheet (1 unnumbered page); 44 x 27 cm

Geographic Subject:

United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783; United States

Related Place:

United States -- Pennsylvania -- York.

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Describing the causes and progress of the Revolution.; "In Congress, May 9, 1778. Resolved, that it be recommended to ministers of the Gospel, of all denominations, to read, or cause to be read, immediately after divine service, the above address to the inhabitants of the United States of America, in their respective churches and chapels, and other places of religious worship. Published by order of Congress, Charles Thomson, secretary."; Signed: By order of Congress, Henry Laurens, president.; Text in three columns.; Broadside.; Acquired in 1903 as part of the Benjamin Franklin Papers; formerly housed in Franklin Papers XII.55.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Rare Book Collection, Mapcase AB7 Un33C 778a

Collection:

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania); American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)