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A project for the emission of an hundred thousand pounds of province bills, in such a manner as to keep their credit up equal to silver, and to bring an hundred thousand pounds of silver money into the country in a few years.

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Main Author:	Wigglesworth, Edward, approximately 1693-1765
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Series:	Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 2168.
Subjects:	Colman, John, > 1670-1753? > Distressed state of the town of Boston. Finance > Massachusetts. Money > Massachusetts. Massachusetts > Commerce.
Online Access:	Evans Digital Edition

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