8 July 1775
Original paper slip text:8 July 1775
9 p.
JA—Continental Congress: Speeches and Writings
- U.S., Continental Congress Misc., Portfolio 104
- Original in P.R.O., London. Americas & West Indies, 279:251.
- Formerly listed as U.S., Continental Congress Misc. New collection name per RFK, 3/10/2010.
- Delivered to Lord Dartmouth, 1 Sept. 1775.
- See also JCC, 2:158–162, 3:509 (Bibliog. No. 56).
- Formerly listed as acc. 2791 but no copy made; Stevens, "Facsimiles," held at MHS, Oversize E203.S84. --SEG, 10/6/11
- Printed pamphlet, 8vo, Phila. 1775; not in Evans or Sabin. Listed in Goodspeed's The Month, 36:120 (Jan. 1965) $375.00. Rare.
- Rare Petition of the Congress to the King
- The Humble Petition of the Twelve United Colonies, by the Delegates in Congress, to the King. 8vo, cloth with mor. back, (title & following leaf repaired, with loss of a few letters of text on both). Phila., 1775.
- Not in Evans or Hildeburn & not located in the Union Catalogue. Ford (Some Materials for a Bibliography of . . . the Continental Congress) does not list this but writes of the Petition itself:
- "The Petition was reported to Congress by . . . John Adams, Thomas Johnson, Patrick Henry, John Rutledge, Richard Henry Lee, & John Dickinson, & the draft is claimed for both of the latter two. . . ."
- Information transferred from blue slips now deleted. ER 5/2/2016
