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By the United States in Congress assembled. September 18, 1786 : The committee, consisting of Mr. Pinckney, Mr. St. Clair, and Mr. Harrison, to whom was referred a letter of the 12th from the Board of Treasury ... having reported,--"That it appears ... the state of Rhode-Island, by an act passed at their last session, have made the paper currency of that state receivable on all arrears of taxes due to the United States."

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Corporate Author:	United States. Continental Congress
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[New York] : [publisher not identified], [1786]
Series:	Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 20051.
Subjects:	Currency question > United States. Money > United States. Finance > United States. Debts, External > United States. Paper money > Rhode Island. Paper money > New Jersey. Taxation > United States. Broadsides.
Online Access:	Evans Digital Edition

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