The committee of qualifications report, that the confederation was ratified in March, 1781 : that by a law of the state of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, delegates are to be annually elected on the first Wednesday in May : that Mr. Ellery was elected in May, 1781 ... that Mr. Howell was elected in May, 1781 ...

The committee of qualifications report, that the confederation was ratified in March, 1781 : that by a law of the state of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, delegates are to be annually elected on the first Wednesday in May : that Mr. Ellery was elected in May, 1781 ... that Mr. Howell was elected in May, 1781 ... United States. Continental Congress. Johnson, William Samuel, 1727-1819, former owner. DLC Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) DLC text Broadsides New York (N.Y.) 1785. rbgenr Broadsheet format (Printing) New York (N.Y.) 1785. rbpri [New York : s.n., 1785] eng Read September 9, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 682-684. Imprint suggested by JCC, v. 33, p. 753. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in JCC, v. 29, p. 927 (#494). Bristol gives Dunlap as printer and Philadelphia as place of publication. Not in Evans. LC copy annotated with markings in margin of text. Addressed on verso: Mr. Johnson. Bristol Shipton & Mooney Journals of the Continental Congress, Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, ESTC Ellery, William, 1727-1820. Howell, David, 1747-1824. United States. Continental Congress--Term of office. Rhode Island--Politics and government--1775-1865. United States New York. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/bdsdcc.15001