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Report of the select committee, on the bill for the relief of Ebenezer Stevens and others. : January 20, 1819. Read, and with the bill ordered to lie upon the table.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- United States. Congress (15th, 2nd session : 1818-1819). House.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 49941.
- House document (United States. Congress. House) ; 15th Congress, 2nd session, no. 104.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823--Claims vs. United States.
- Stevens, Ebenezer.
- Stevens, Lucretia, 1756-1846--Claims vs. United States.
- Stevens, Lucretia.
- Sands, Comfort, 1748-1834--Claims vs. United States.
- Sands, Comfort.
- Sands, Comfort, 1748-1834.
- Stevens, Lucretia, 1756-1846.
- Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823.
- United States. Continental Army--Procurement.
- United States.
- United States. Office of Finance.
- United States. Continental Army.
- Defense contracts--United States.
- Defense contracts.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Claims.
- History.
- Claims.
- Physical Description:
- 6 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : [Edward De Krafft], [1819]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- Concerning the prayer of Ebenezer Stevens, Lucretia Stevens, and others to be indemnified against a judgment of the Supreme Court of New York holding Comfort Sands and others liable for damages to Oliver Phelps and Timothy Edwards. Sands et al. had contracted with the Superintendent of Finance to supply rations to the Army in 1782 and 1783, and when the Superintendent of Finance withdrew the contract, Sands was obliged in turn to refuse to accept deliveries of beef from his subcontractors, Phelps and Edwards.
- Caption title.
- At head of title, in square brackets: 104.
- Signed on p. 2: H.R. Stores [i.e., Storrs], chairman.
- House document.
- Edward De Krafft was printer to the House of Representatives for the 15th Congress.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 49941).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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