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A History of the Maryland Press, 1777-1790
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23. UNITED STATES. Articles | of | Confederation | and | Perpetual Union | between the | States | of
| New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, | Rhode-Island and Providence Planta- | tions, Connecticut,
New-York, New-| Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Ma- | ryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, |
South-Carolina, and Georgia. | [ornamental rule] | Annapolis: | Printed by Frederick Green. | [1777.]
8vo. Eight unsigned leaves.
Pages: [1]-15.
Leaf measures: 7 3/4 x 4 5/6 inches.
"These articles shall be proposed to the legislatures of all the United States, to be considered, and if approved of by
them, they are advised to authorize their delegates, to ratify the same in the congress of the United States; which being
done, the same shall become conclusive." p. 15.
At least eleven different editions of this were published in the United States from 1777 to 1787.
Evans, 15633. Ford, 182.
NYPL. LC.
24. ———— [Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union Between the States of New-Hampshire,
Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New-York, New-
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia.
Annapolis: Printed by Frederick Green. 1777.]
Folio
Pages: [1]-8.
Evans lists this edition of the Articles of Confederation but does not locate a copy. There is no mention of a folio edition
printed in Annapolis in 1777 in Ford.
Evans. 15621.
No copy located.
25. ———— In Congress | Baltimore, January 14, 1777. | ... | Baltimore: Printed by M. K. Goddard.
11777-1
Folio broadside.
Leaf measures: 11 3/4} x 7 1/2 inches.
This broadside contains the Congressional resolutions and a letter from William Govett, Auditor General, concerning
state bills of credit which were in the future to be received by the Commissioners of the Loan Offices. The Treasury of the
United States was apparently located at Baltimore in 1777 for on August 22 Congress resolved "That the Treasury Board
take immediate and effectual measures for the security of the treasury at Baltimore." Journals of the Continental Congress.
Vol. VIII, p. 665
Evans, 15652 Ford, 146.
LC.
26. ———— In Congress, | Baltimore, February 26th, 1777. | Resolved, | That an Interest of Six
per Cent, per Annum, be allowed on all Sums of Mo- | ney already borrowed, and directed to be
borrowed, on Loan-Office Certificates, | although such Certificates mention only an Interest of
Four per Centum per Annum. 1 ... Treasury Office, February 26th, 1777. | Sir, | The Board of
Treasury have directed me ... | To [blank] | Commissioner of the Loan-Office, | for the State of
[blank] | [rule] | Baltimore: Printed by M. K. Goddard. | [1777.]
Folio broadside.
Leaf measures: 13 3/8 x 8 inches.
A circular letter containing a statement of the rate of interest on Loan-Office certificates, Prizes in the Continental
lottery, and money borrowed from the loan offices. It also contains a request for information on the progress of the indi-
vidual loan offices. The NYPL copy is addressed to Thomas Harwood who was commissioner of the Loan-Office for Mary-
land and is signed by William Govett.
Evans, 15656. Ford, 154.
NYPL.
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