In Congress, April 7, 1777. : Resolved, that there be one director general of all the military hospitals, which shall be erected for the Continental Army in the United States …, recto

Establishing the positions, duties, and wages of hospital employees for the American army. At end: Extract from the minutes, published by order of Congress, Charles Thomson, secretary. The Continental Congress met at Philadelphia at this time. New-York Historical copy damaged along creases, with slight loss of text. References: Evans 15660; Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 1955.