In Congress, May 21, 1776 : Resolved, that all persons taken in arms on board any prize, be deemed prisoners, to be taken care of by the supreme executive power in each colony to which they are brought, whether the prize be taken by vessels fitted out by the Continent ...
United States. Continental Congress.
Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824.
Dunlap, John, 1747-1812, printer.
Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
text
Broadsides Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1776. rbgenr
Broadsheet format (Printing) Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1776. rbpri
[Philadelphia : Printed by John Dunlap,
1776]
eng
Evans gives "Philadelphia." as first word of title transcription, but LC copy filmed for microform edition begins "In Congress."
Signed: Extract from the minutes, published by order of Congress, Charles Thomson, secretary.
Imprint from Evans.
Text includes the form of the parole for prisoners of war.
Evans
Journals of the Continental Congress,
ESTC
Prisoners of war--United States.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons.
United States Philadelphia.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/bdsdcc.01101