Historical Sketches of the Paper Currency of the American Colonies: Continental paper moneyW. Elliot Woodward, 1866 - Money |
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... gress . We send it to you to show our sense and the reasons on which it is founded , out of which you will select for use such as you may think proper . REPORT . Your committee do most humbly report that having made the best inquiry ...
... gress . We send it to you to show our sense and the reasons on which it is founded , out of which you will select for use such as you may think proper . REPORT . Your committee do most humbly report that having made the best inquiry ...
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... gress to use its paper credit . Sixteen thousand dollars were afterwards , by resolution of congress ( August 1 ) , or- 1 Am . Archives , 4th series , 2d vol . , p . 898 . 2 Secret Journal Congress , vol . 1 . dered to be repaid to the ...
... gress to use its paper credit . Sixteen thousand dollars were afterwards , by resolution of congress ( August 1 ) , or- 1 Am . Archives , 4th series , 2d vol . , p . 898 . 2 Secret Journal Congress , vol . 1 . dered to be repaid to the ...
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... gress their necessities for money , for loans and for sup- plies . They " had stretched their own public faith as far as it would go , and the pledge of a future fund to be here- after devised had been trusted to its full value ...
... gress their necessities for money , for loans and for sup- plies . They " had stretched their own public faith as far as it would go , and the pledge of a future fund to be here- after devised had been trusted to its full value ...
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... gress seemed about to be deprived . On the seventh of November the Philadelphia commit- tee of safety received information that certain of the inhabitants of that city were refusing the continental bills ; their pretext being that as ...
... gress seemed about to be deprived . On the seventh of November the Philadelphia commit- tee of safety received information that certain of the inhabitants of that city were refusing the continental bills ; their pretext being that as ...
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... gress were well bestowed upon the gallant defenders . America was in a strange situation : almost anomalous until that period . ' Waging war against the throne , its authority was still nominally considered paramount , and the name of ...
... gress were well bestowed upon the gallant defenders . America was in a strange situation : almost anomalous until that period . ' Waging war against the throne , its authority was still nominally considered paramount , and the name of ...
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4th series America amount appointed April April 11 army assignats bills of credit bills of exchange British Carolina cause circulation citizens colonies commissioners committee commodities considered continental bills continental congress continental currency continental money counterfeit debt December depreciation effect emissions emitted endeavored enemy evil February gold and silver gress hard money honor hundred inhabitants interest Jersey John Joseph Joshua Fisher Journal of Congress July June justice laws liberty loan office certificates measures Michael Hillegas millions of dollars money issued motto necessary notes November November 29 October paid paper currency paper money payment Pennsylvania Archives Pennsylvania Packet persons Philadelphia present proportion public faith purpose quotas receive recommended redeemed redemption refuse regulation Resolved respective Rhode Island Robert Morris September South Carolina Spanish milled dollars specie supplies taken taxes thousand tion treasury United Washington Webster's Essays William York