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The term Continental Congress most specifically refers to the bodies that met in 1774 and 1775-81 and respectively designated as the First Continental Congress and the Second Continental Congress. The first U.S. constitution, Articles of Confederation, ratified in March 1781, placed Congress on a constitutional basis, legalizing the powers it had exercised since 1775. To underline this distinction, the post-Articles Congress is often referred to as the Congress of the Confederation, or the Confederation Congress. This Congress continued to function under the Articles until the new Congress, elected under the present Constitution, met in 1789. However, all official documents of both Continental Congress and Confederation Congress were issued on behalf of the Congress.
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Since it did not enthusiastically endorse the articles of the Continental Association, the provincial congress is regarded as a dismal failure. Regardless, Governor James Wright did not want the Assembly to consider the resolutions, but rather than dissolve the Assembly he merely put it on hold. This marked the last meeting of this body of government.
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The collection includes miscellaneous papers of the Continental Congress that are not a part of the numbered Item series of volumes comprising the main body of records reproduced as Papers of the Continental Congress. They are dated 1774-1789 for the most part, although one letter is dated 1778 and a few papers are dated after 1789.
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