In Congress, February 15, 1777 : Resolved, that considering the situation of the New-England states, Congress approve of the measures adopted and recommended by the committee from the four New-England states for the defence of the state of Rhode-Island, and also of the measures to be taken for preventing the depreciation of their currency ...
Summary
Signed: By order of Congress, John Hancock, president.
Evans 15653
Journals of the Continental Congress, 150
Wheeler, J.T. Maryland, 26
LC copy annotated on verso: A resolve of Congress. That it be recomd. that no paper currency be emited.
Source: DLC #622191, 1941.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
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Date
01/01/1777
Contributors
United States. Continental Congress.
Hancock, John, 1737-1793.
Dunlap, John, 1747-1812, printer.
Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain