Research Guides: Congressional Record: Colonial Governments

Continental Congresses

Publications of the First and Second Continental Congresses (1774–1781) will be found in the Early American Imprints series.

Early American Imprints, Series I (1639-1800) This link opens in a new window
Based on the renowned American bibliography by Charles Evans and enhanced by Roger Bristols Supplement to Evans American bibliography, this database, which provides full text, is a foundation for research on every aspect of 17th and 18th century American life
Early American Imprints, Series II. Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819 This link opens in a new window
Covering every aspect of American life during the early decades of the United States, this database provides full-text access to the 36,000 American books, pamphlets and broadsides published in the first nineteen years of the nineteenth century (1801-1819).

Publications from the Congress of the Confederation (1781-1789) can also be found in the Early American Imprints database.

Also Known As:

United States in Congress Assembled
Continental Congress
Confederation Congress

Created by the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union in 1781, this was a unicameral body with legislative and executive function, it was composed of delegates appointed by the legislatures of the several states.