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Report of commissioners for settling a cartel for the exchange of prisoners.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davies, William, d. 1814.
- United States. Continental Congress., Author.
- Harrison, Robert Hanson, 1745-1790., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prisoners of war--Great Britain.
- Prisoners of war.
- Prisoners of war--United States.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (20p. )
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Printed by David C. Claypoole, printer to the Honorable the Congress of the United States of America, MDCCLXXIX. [1779]
- Notes:
- Submitted by William Davies and Robert H. Harrison. Davis and Harrison were appointed by General Washington "to treat, confer, determine and conclude upon a cartel for the exchange of prisoners, and for all matters whatsoever which may be properly contained therein." A resolv of the Continental Congress dated May 10, 1779, (p. 20) orders that the report be published and transmitted to American prisoners.
- Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
- Cited in:
- Evans, 16631
- Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3946
- English Short Title Catalog, W21835.
- OCLC:
- 511097306
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