Title: Journal of the proceedings of the Congress held at Philadelphia, September 5th, 1774 : containing the Bill of Rights, a list of grievances, occasional resolves, the Association, an address to the people of Great-Britain, a memorial to the inhabitants of the British American colonies, and an address to the inhabitants of the province of Quebec.<br /><br />Author: United States. Continental Congress<br /><br />Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana <br /><br />Description: <br /><br />Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.<br /><br />Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.<br /><br />Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.<br /><br />++++<br />The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:<br />++++<br /><br />SourceLibrary: Huntington Library<br /><br />DocumentID: SABCP05381400<br /><br />CollectionID: CTRG05-B10478<br /><br />PublicationDate: 17750101<br /><br />SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America<br /><br />Notes: "In spite of the statement on the t.-p., this volume contains none (the petition to the King excepted) of the papers mentioned." Cf. Library of Congress. Bibliographical notes on the issues of the Continental Congress, 1774 ..., comp. by W.C. Ford ( Washington, 1904), no. 45. "The late pamphlet entitled, 'Extracts from the votes and proceedings of the American Continental Congress,' contained only a part of the Journal of the Congress. The whole Journal has since been published in America, but it was thought proper to reprint only such parts in this pamphlet, as were omitted in the former ... . The two pamphlets contain the entire Journal of the proceedings of the Congress." Cf. cover, p. [2].<br /><br />Collation: 66 p. ; 21 cm<br /><br />
