In Congress, Wednesday, April 3, 1776 : Instructions to the commanders of private ships or vessels of war, which shall have commissions or letters of marque and reprisal, authorising them to make captures of British vessels and cargoes.
| Author/creator | United States |
| Other author | Hancock, John, 1737-1793. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [Philadelphia] : [publisher not identified], [1776] |
| Description | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 35 x 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 43190. ^A478749 Early American imprints. First series ; no. 43069. ^A478749 |
| General note | Signed in manuscript by John Hancock. |
| General note | Bristol B4254 supplies Watertown, Mass. as the place of publication. Actually, Bristol is describing this Philadelphia edition with ms. annotations for vessels of Massachusetts. |
| General note | The third and fourth lines end: war; make. In other editions the third and fourth lines end: vessels; them and shall; vessels. |
| General note | Printed area measures 30 x 16 cm. |
| References | Bristol B4398 |
| References | Bristol B4254 |
| References | Shipton & Mooney 43190 |
| References | Shipton & Mooney 43069 |
| References | Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 1987 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 43190). |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 43069). |
| Genre/form | Broadsides. |