My firm seems to be having problems with our e-mail system. I wanted to
be sure this was posted.
Barbara
-----Original Message-----
From: Davis, Barbara J.
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 11:32 AM
To: LAW-LIB (law-lib@ucdavis.edu)
Subject: FW: Really Tough Legislative History Question
Thanks to all who helped with this question, especially Ellen Quinn,
Jason Sowards and Carrie Ansell who pointed me to the American Memory
Project (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/
<http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/> ) which has PDF images of all the
Journals of the Continental Congress:
Journals of the Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress met from September 5 to October 26, 1774.
The Second Continental Congress ran from May 10, 1775, to March 2, 1789.
The Journals of the Continental Congress are the records of the daily
proceedings of the Congress as kept by the office of its secretary,
Charles Thomson
<http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hlaw:@field(DOCID+@lit(jc00
23)):> . The Journals were printed contemporaneously in different
editions and in several subsequent reprint editions. None of these
editions, however, includes the "Secret Journals," confidential sections
of the records, which were not published until 1821.
This complete edition, published by the Library of Congress from 1904 to
1937, is based on the manuscript Journals and other manuscript records
of the Continental Congress in the Manuscript Division of the Library of
Congress. Further information on how this edition was assembled, as well
as notes explaining features introduced by the editors, may be found in
the Prefatory Note to volumes 1
<http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=lljc&fileName=001/lljc001.d
b&recNum=3> and 2
<http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=lljc&fileName=002/lljc002.d
b&recNum=4> .
I was trying to find the ordinance dealing with Lands in the Western
Territory (May 20, 1785 (JCC, XXFIII, 375-381).
Another useful site was suggested by Elizabeth Greenfield:
http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/one_item_and_teasers/Years_to
_Congress.htm. This page shows the years of the first through the 109th
Congress (1789 - 2006) which are published in Statutes-at-Large.
Thanks again.
Barbara
Barbara J. Davis
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From: owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu] On
Behalf Of Davis, Barbara J.
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 4:14 PM
To: law-lib@ucdavis.edu
Subject: Really Tough Legislative History Question
I've been asked to find how one might access U.S. Congresstional Acts
(or "enactments") prior to 1789. (1789 is as far back as the
Statutes-at-Large go.) The attorney also wants to know how to refer to
these and/or how to cite to them.
And of course I need these now!
Barbara
Barbara J. Davis
Director of Library Resources
Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP
425 Walnut Street Suite 1800
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Phone: 513-357-9403
Fax: 513-381-0205
E-Mail: davisb@taftlaw.com
Web: http://www.taftlaw.com <http://www.taftlaw.com/>
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