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To the inhabitants of the United States of America : Friends and countrymen. The present situation of public affairs demands your most serious attention, and particularly the great and encreasing depreciation of your currency ..
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To the inhabitants of the United States of America : Friends and countrymen. The present situation of public affairs demands your most serious attention, and particularly the great and encreasing depreciation of your currency ...
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 sheet)
Local Notes
LLMC Digital Library Collection
Notes
Concerning the economic impact of the war and the necessity for greater sums to be paid by the states to the Continental treasury.
Believed to be written by John Dickinson.
At end: "Done in Congress by unanimous consent, this twenty-sixth day of May, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine. John Jay, president."
Followed by the order of Governor Jonathan Trumbull, of Connecticut, June 9, 1779, that the address be published and read at religious services throughout the state.
Imprint supplied by Evans.
Text in three columns.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF caption title (LLMC Digital, viewed June 21, 2018).
Summary
June 9, 1779 publication in Connecticut of a Congressional address of May 26, 1779. The address discussed numerous topics, including the state of the war, taxation, and the need to raise necessary troops.
Other formats
Print version: United States. Continental Congress. To the inhabitants of the United States of America ... [Hartford, Conn.] : [Hudson and Goodwin], 1779
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 08, 2019
Series
References
Evans 16639.
Bristol B4853.
Shipton & Mooney 43611.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Broadsides.
Electronic books.
History.
Broadsides.
Electronic books.
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Connecticut. Governor (1769-1784 : Trumbull)
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