Continental Congress - Papers
Records: 171,519 · Complete: 100%
Official records of the original colonies and the early United States. The First Continental Congress (1774) addressed "intolerable acts" by the British. The Second Continental Congress (1775-1781) created the Declaration of Independence and the first national government. The Congress of the Confederation (1781-1789) followed. Read important papers, letters, treaties, and reports--famous and obscure--relating to the formation of the new nation, as penned by the founding fathers.
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"Papers of the Continental Congress" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/publication/63/continental-congress-papers: accessed June 28, 2022)
- Publication Title
- Continental Congress - Papers
- Total Records
- 171,519 · Complete: 100%
- Content Source
- Record Group
- 360
- Published on Fold3
- 27 Sep 2006
- Last Updated
- 27 Sep 2006
- Description
- NARA M247. The correspondence, journals, committee reports, and records of the Continental Congress (1774-1789).