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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. Continue…
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Spotlight added: this memo to the colonists was to be distributed by their ministers !
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Spotlight added: "...tha God of Battles... has conducted us thro' Times of Danger...
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Spotlight added: a appeal to the King of England by the 13 colonies
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Annotation added: formerly the property of General Washington left him 7 years ago
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Spotlight added: Announcing the first US Presidential election in 1788
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Annotation added: Harry Washington (Slave owned by George Washington)
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Miscellaneous Papers of the Continental Congress. Original data from: The National Archives
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