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Collection Reference Number GLC04771
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1776 
Title Rejection of Olive Branch Petition by Congress; lets colonists arm vessels
Date 23 March 1776
Document Type Broadside
Content Description The document sets regulations for arming vessels for defense and privateering. Printed by John Dunlap.
Subjects Revolutionary War  Military History  Privateering  Navy  Global History and Civics  Foreign Affairs  Congress  Continental Congress  Petition  
Place written Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme Naval & Maritime; Foreign Affairs; Government & Politics
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859