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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... counterfeiting should be punished by the loss of both ears , by a fine of one hundred pounds , and a payment of double the value ... counterfeit is much finer than in the true bills , and the great C is much plainer than in the true bill ...
... counterfeiting should be punished by the loss of both ears , by a fine of one hundred pounds , and a payment of double the value ... counterfeit is much finer than in the true bills , and the great C is much plainer than in the true bill ...
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... counterfeiting was now changed to death , and the former penalties were reserved for those who should alter the notes from lower denomina- tions to higher ones . During all this time , the notes , having ample provision made for their ...
... counterfeiting was now changed to death , and the former penalties were reserved for those who should alter the notes from lower denomina- tions to higher ones . During all this time , the notes , having ample provision made for their ...
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... counterfeit or alter them . In March , 1780 , the state emitted £ 100,000 for the sup- port of the army ; and to provide a fund for their redemp- tion , the executive was empowered to sell certain proper- ties in the city of ...
... counterfeit or alter them . In March , 1780 , the state emitted £ 100,000 for the sup- port of the army ; and to provide a fund for their redemp- tion , the executive was empowered to sell certain proper- ties in the city of ...
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... counterfeiting or altering the notes . The law contained an additional provision of great sagacity , which was followed in all subsequent similar en- actments of the province . If the persons appointed to sign and number the bills ...
... counterfeiting or altering the notes . The law contained an additional provision of great sagacity , which was followed in all subsequent similar en- actments of the province . If the persons appointed to sign and number the bills ...
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... Counterfeits in large numbers soon made their appearance , being chiefly manufactured in and exported from Ireland ... counterfeit notes , and to remedy the evil ordered a new issue of £ 24,760 in new notes to replace the balance of ...
... Counterfeits in large numbers soon made their appearance , being chiefly manufactured in and exported from Ireland ... counterfeit notes , and to remedy the evil ordered a new issue of £ 24,760 in new notes to replace the balance of ...
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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.