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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. Continue…
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Annotation added: That the officers of the several regiments companies to which the sick and wounded belong be ordered to concur by means of their authority with the surgeons, & physicians in taking care of their respective soldiers.
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Annotation added: April 18, 1783
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