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A letter to the common people of the colony of Rhode-Island : concerning the unjust designs, and actual attempts, of a number of misers, and money jobbers, (particularly such of that character as are in place and power,) to compel all the old tenor debtors in this colony to pay near three times as much as they owe. /

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Main Author:	T. R.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Series:	Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 9494.
Subjects:	Money > Rhode Island. Paper money > Rhode Island. Rhode Island > Politics and government > To 1775.
Online Access:	Evans Digital Edition

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