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The case of the colony of Rhode-Island : with respect to the bill depending in Parliament to regulate and restrain paper bills of credit in four particular colonies, viz. in Rhode-Island, Connecticut, the Massachusetts-Bay, and New-Hampshire in America.

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Corporate Author:	Rhode Island
Other Authors:	Partridge, Richard, 1681-1759
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[England?] : [publisher not identified], [1751?]
Series:	Making of the modern world (Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature)
Subjects:	Paper money > Rhode Island. Paper money > New England. Money > United States > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Monetary policy > Great Britain. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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