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Dates:

5 Dec. 1774 to 12 Dec. 1777

Original paper slip text:5 Dec. 1774 - 12 Dec. 1777

Author:

John Adams

Original paper slip text:JA

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Title:

Credentials as delegates from the Province of the Massachusetts Bay to the

Continental Congress

Original paper slip text:Continental Congress

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Length:

16 p. (4 p., 2 p., 2 p., 2 p., 2 p., 2 p., 2 p.)

Document Type:

JA—Continental Congress: Speeches and Writings

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Notes:

Miscellaneous Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789 (RG 360, M-332, roll 8)
Note: P. 2 of item 2 (credentials dated 6 Feb. 1775) is a postscript signed by JA which reads, "P.S. inclosed in a Letter reed, last night from Mr. Higginson of Sept. 15 which I recommend to the Consideration of the heads of Departments. John Adams"

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From the collection: RG 360: Records of the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, Misc. Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789

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