official records of the Continental Congress

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United States historical record archival record government record historical document collection primary source

The official records of the Continental Congress are the compiled minutes, journals, and documents that chronicle the deliberations and decisions of the governing body of the American colonies during the Revolutionary era.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Journals of the Continental Congress	2
Papers of the Continental Congress	1
correspondence of the Continental Congress	1
journals of the Continental Congress	1
official records of the Continental Congress canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1067580 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: official records of the Continental Congress
Context triple: [Charles Thomson, notableWork, official records of the Continental Congress]

A. Continental Congress resolutions
The Continental Congress resolutions were formal legislative acts issued by the revolutionary governing body of the American colonies, providing legal and organizational foundations for the Continental Army and other aspects of the War of Independence.
B. Congressional Record
The Congressional Record is the official, substantially verbatim transcript of the debates, proceedings, and activities of the United States Congress.
C. Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress
The Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress was a 1774 document in which American colonial delegates asserted their rights, protested British policies, and called for economic measures like non-importation to pressure Parliament.
D. United States Statutes at Large
The United States Statutes at Large is the official chronological compilation of all laws and resolutions enacted by the U.S. Congress.
E. Standing Orders of the House of Representatives
The Standing Orders of the House of Representatives are the formal procedural rules that regulate how Nigeria’s lower legislative chamber conducts its debates, decision-making, and internal business.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: official records of the Continental Congress
Target entity description: The official records of the Continental Congress are the compiled minutes, journals, and documents that chronicle the deliberations and decisions of the governing body of the American colonies during the Revolutionary era.

A. Continental Congress resolutions
The Continental Congress resolutions were formal legislative acts issued by the revolutionary governing body of the American colonies, providing legal and organizational foundations for the Continental Army and other aspects of the War of Independence.
B. Congressional Record
The Congressional Record is the official, substantially verbatim transcript of the debates, proceedings, and activities of the United States Congress.
C. Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress
The Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress was a 1774 document in which American colonial delegates asserted their rights, protested British policies, and called for economic measures like non-importation to pressure Parliament.
D. United States Statutes at Large
The United States Statutes at Large is the official chronological compilation of all laws and resolutions enacted by the U.S. Congress.
E. Standing Orders of the House of Representatives
The Standing Orders of the House of Representatives are the formal procedural rules that regulate how Nigeria’s lower legislative chamber conducts its debates, decision-making, and internal business.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States historical record ⓘ archival record ⓘ government record ⓘ historical document collection ⓘ primary source ⓘ
appliesTo	Thirteen Colonies ⓘ surface form: Thirteen American colonies United States during the Revolutionary era ⓘ
archivesAt	Library of Congress ⓘ National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ
chronicles	Congress of the Confederation ⓘ surface form: Confederation Congress First Continental Congress ⓘ Second Continental Congress ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
createdBy	Continental Congress ⓘ
describes	decisions of the Continental Congress ⓘ deliberations of the Continental Congress ⓘ
documentsEvent	American Revolutionary War ⓘ American Declaration of Independence ⓘ surface form: Declaration of Independence adoption of the Articles of Confederation ⓘ diplomatic relations of the Continental Congress ⓘ formation of the Continental Army ⓘ
endTime	1789 ⓘ
governingBody	Continental Congress ⓘ
hasFormat	digital scan ⓘ manuscript ⓘ microfilm ⓘ printed volume ⓘ
includes	committee reports of the Continental Congress ⓘ official records of the Continental Congress self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: correspondence of the Continental Congress official records of the Continental Congress self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: journals of the Continental Congress legislative acts of the Continental Congress ⓘ minutes of the Continental Congress ⓘ Continental Congress resolutions ⓘ surface form: resolutions of the Continental Congress
language	English ⓘ
locationOfCreation	New York City ⓘ Philadelphia ⓘ
partOf	records of the United States Congress ⓘ
relatedTo	official records of the Continental Congress self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Journals of the Continental Congress official records of the Continental Congress self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Papers of the Continental Congress
startTime	1774 ⓘ
subjectOf	scholarly research on the American Revolution ⓘ
timePeriod	American Revolutionary era ⓘ
usedFor	genealogical research ⓘ historical research ⓘ legal-historical reference ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charles Thomson → notableWork → official records of the Continental Congress ⓘ

Secretary of the Continental Congress → responsibleFor → official records of the Continental Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: Journals of the Continental Congress

official records of the Continental Congress → includes → official records of the Continental Congress self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: journals of the Continental Congress

official records of the Continental Congress → includes → official records of the Continental Congress self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: correspondence of the Continental Congress

official records of the Continental Congress → relatedTo → official records of the Continental Congress self-linksurface differs ⓘ