<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:identifier>doi:10.7916/3z6d-m609</dc:identifier><dc:title>Document, 1779 December 24</dc:title><dc:format>correspondence</dc:format><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:subject>United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783</dc:subject><dc:subject>Jay, John, 1745-1829</dc:subject><dc:description>DS. Commission to John Wheelwright as Commander of the privateer ship
            Neptune. Jay signed as President of Congress. Countersigned by Charles Thomson,
            Secretary of the Continental Congress, and John Avery, Deputy Secretary of the
            Massachusetts General Court.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>