Historical Sketches of the Paper Currency of the American Colonies: Prior to the Adoption of the Federal Constitution ; First Series-[second Series], Volumes 1-2W. Elliot Woodward, 1865 - Money |
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... bearing upon the sub- ject were known to be in existence , but were not generally available , while the growing desire of a closer knowledge of their contents , caused continual inquiry and search to be made for them . The fruitless ...
... bearing upon the sub- ject were known to be in existence , but were not generally available , while the growing desire of a closer knowledge of their contents , caused continual inquiry and search to be made for them . The fruitless ...
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... bearing date January 1 , 1756 , and to be redeemed by taxation . ' In August , after the usual contention , thirty thousand pounds were issued to be cur- rent for ten years . The public exigencies and the alarming situation of the ...
... bearing date January 1 , 1756 , and to be redeemed by taxation . ' In August , after the usual contention , thirty thousand pounds were issued to be cur- rent for ten years . The public exigencies and the alarming situation of the ...
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... ( bearing date March 1st , amounting to £ 16,000 ) , whereof £ 15,522 16s . have been redeemed , was extensive- ly counterfeited . In 1773 , Governor Richard Penn was forced to issue a proclamation offering a reward of £ 500 for the ...
... ( bearing date March 1st , amounting to £ 16,000 ) , whereof £ 15,522 16s . have been redeemed , was extensive- ly counterfeited . In 1773 , Governor Richard Penn was forced to issue a proclamation offering a reward of £ 500 for the ...
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... bearing date the twentieth day of March , was for the support of the light house at Cape Henlopen , and for the purpose of placing buoys , & c . , in the Delaware river and bay ; these notes bear on the reverse the representation of a ...
... bearing date the twentieth day of March , was for the support of the light house at Cape Henlopen , and for the purpose of placing buoys , & c . , in the Delaware river and bay ; these notes bear on the reverse the representation of a ...
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... ( bearing date Dec. 8 , ) and of April 8 , 1776 , ( date April 25 , ) still hold in its accustomed place the name of " His Majesty , King George the Third . " Long afterwards these bills were known and spoken of in acts of assembly as ...
... ( bearing date Dec. 8 , ) and of April 8 , 1776 , ( date April 25 , ) still hold in its accustomed place the name of " His Majesty , King George the Third . " Long afterwards these bills were known and spoken of in acts of assembly as ...
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America amount appointed April Archives army assembly August bank bills emitted bills of credit burnt called Carolina cent circulation colony commissioners committee continental bills continental congress continental currency continental money counterfeit Crown Point date of note debt December depreciation emissions enemy exchange expedition February gold and silver governor honor hundred inhabitants interest issued James January Jersey John Joseph Journal of Congress July June lawful money legal tender legislature March Massachusetts measures Michael Hillegas Morris November October old tenor paid paper bills paper currency paper money passed payment persons Peyton Randolph Philadelphia Philip Johnson present proportion province purpose quotas receive redeemed redemption refused resolution resolved Rhode Island Robert Carter Nicholas Samuel September shillings signed signers Spanish milled dollars specie sterling taxes thereof Thomas thousand pounds tion trade treasury United Virginia William
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Page 175 - Plantations,' be, and the same is hereby repealed. " And be it further enacted by this General Assembly, and by the authority thereof it is enacted, That...
Page 145 - We should pay an ill compliment to the understanding and honour of every true American were we to adduce many arguments to show the baseness or bad policy of violating our national faith, or omitting to pursue the measures necessary to preserve it. A bankrupt faithless republic would be a novelty in the political world, and appear among reputable nations like a common prostitute among chaste and respectable matrons.
Page 188 - If it saved the State, it has also polluted the equity of our laws ; turned them into engines of oppression and wrong: corrupted the justice of our public administration : destroyed the fortunes of thousands of those who had the most confidence in it ; enervated the trade, husbandry and manufactures of our country, and gone far to destroy the morality of our people.
Page 120 - Hosts,' to engage a gigantic adversary, prepared at all points, boasting of his strength, and of whom even mighty warriors
Page 156 - That the said new bills be receivable In payment of the said monthly quotas, at the same rate as aforesaid of specie; the interest thereon to be computed to the respective states, to the day the payment becomes due. That the respective states be charged with such parts of the Interest on their said bills, as shall be paid by the United States, in bills of exchange; and the accounts thereof shall be adjusted agreeably to the resolution aforesaid, of the 6th of October, 1779. That whenever interest...
Page 144 - It is with great regret and reluctance," say they, " that we can prevail upon ourselves to take the least " notice of a question which involves in it a doubt so injurious to the honour and dignity of America.
Page 103 - United States be called on to pay in their respective quotas of fifteen millions of dollars for the year 1779, and of six millions of dollars annually for eighteen years from and after the year 1779, as a fund for sinking the emissions and loans of the United States to the 31st of December, 1778, inclusive.
Page 171 - And whereas, on the one hand, the associators, animated to this laudable exertion by a desire to relieve the public necessities, mean not to derive from it the least pecuniary advantage; so, on the other, it is just and reasonable, that they should be fully reimbursed and indemnified...
Page 69 - Spanish milled dollars ; that it be recommended to the legislatures of the several States to pass...
Page 138 - The fear of injuring, by any example of mine, the credit of our paper currency, if I attempted to discriminate between the real and nominal value of paper money, has already sunk for me a large sum, if the bonds before mentioned are paid off; the advantage taken in doing which no man of honor or common honesty can reconcile to his own feelings or conscience, not as respects me, do I mean, but transaction* of their kind generally.