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This indented bill of five shillings, shall entitle the bearer to receive of the provincial treasurer, the like sum of five shillings, of equal value with the same sum, of the bills of credit now by law current, according to the directions of an act of general assembly of Pensilvania, made in the 11th year of the reign of his majesty George III. Dated the 20th day of March, 1771
Three pence. This bill shall pass current for three pence according to an act of general assembly of the Common-wealth of Pennsylvania, passed the twentieth day of March ... Dated the tenth day of April, A. D. 1777
By the United States in Congress assembled. March 17, 1785 : Whereas it must conduce to the preservation of public credit, and the equal distribution of justice, that the amount of the national debt be ascertained with the utmost expedition ... Resolved, that all persons having unliquidated claims against the United States, be, and they are hereby required, within twelve months from the date hereof, to deliver a particular abstract of such claims to some commissioner ...
By the United States in Congress assembled. March 17, 1785 : Whereas it must conduce to the preservation of public credit, and the equal distribution of justice, that the amount of the national debt be ascertained with the utmost expedition ... Resolved, that all persons having unliquidated claims against the United States, be, and they are hereby required, within twelve months from the date hereof, to deliver a particular abstract of such claims to some commissioner ...
Two shillings and six-pence. According to an act of general assembly of Pensilvania, passed in the twelfth year of the reign of his majesty George the Third. Dated the 3d day of April. Anno Dom. 1772. Half-a-crown.
Historical records found in Capitol. The finished bill of 1812 declaring a state of war existing between the United States and Great Britain after it was returned from the Senate to the House as a 'Confidential Bill' and changed to read 'the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the dependencies thereof'. This bill was thought to have been burned when the British burned the Capitol in 1814, 12339
To the President and Council of Pennsylvania. The remonstrance of the subscribers, freemen and inhabitants of the City of Philadelphia now confined in the Free-Mason's lodge. Sheweth that the subscribers have been by virtue of a warrant signed i
An act for granting the sum of sixty thousand pounds to the King's use; and for striking fifty-five thousand pounds thereof in bills of credit; and to provide a fund for sinking the same. [Philadelphia: Printed by B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1755].
An act for granting the sum of sixty thousand pounds to the King's use; and for striking fifty-five thousand pounds thereof in bills of credit; and to provide a fund for sinking the same. [Philadelphia: Printed by B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1755].
This indented bill of five shillings, shall entitle the bearer to receive of the provincial treasurer, the like sum of five shillings, of equal value with the same sum, of the bills of credit now by law current, according to the directions of an act of general assembly of Pensilvania, made in the 11th year of the reign of his majesty George III. Dated the 20th day of March, 1771
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