Continental Congress - Misc
Records: 6,939 · Complete: 100%
These are documents which were misplaced, overlooked, or found in private hands when the Papers of the Continental Congress were first arranged in 1834. Among the most interesting are the official report of the Annapolis Convention of September 1786, the event leading to Constitutional Convention; and the full text of "Bankson's Journal," an account containing the credentials of delegates to the convention found nowhere else, as well as various reports, resolutions, and legal acts.
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John Jay reports to Congress using secret code
John Adams reports to Congress, describes his leaky ship
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"Miscellaneous Papers of the Continental Congress" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/publication/62/continental-congress-misc: accessed October 1, 2022)
- Publication Title
- Continental Congress - Misc
- Total Records
- 6,939 · Complete: 100%
- Content Source
- Publication Number
- M332
- Record Group
- 360
- Published on Fold3
- 30 Jan 2007
- Last Updated
- 30 Jan 2007
- Description
- NARA M332. When the records of the Papers of the Continental Congress were first arranged in 1834, these documents were not included.
