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Samuel Ogden to Henry Knox on the depreciation of currency and political matters, 10 May 1788
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Samuel Ogden to Henry Knox on the depreciation of currency and political matters, 10 May 1788.
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[Place of production not identified : producer not identified, 1788]
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For a discussion of Delaware Works and Morrisville, refer to W. W. H. (William Watts Hart) Davis, History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, from the Discovery of the Delaware to the Present Time. New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1905.
Collection: The Henry Knox Papers.
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : AM, 2014. Digitized from a copy held by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
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Discusses money due on Mr. Webber's goods and the depreciation of currency (possibly referring to James Webber, a London merchant). Writes, The political State of this Country I hope and trust is very much altering as to monied transactions, so that a depreciated Medium cannot much longer be made a payment for a just demand. Marked as a copy. Written at Delaware Works, located in what is now Morrisville, Pennsylvania, near Trenton, New Jersey.
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American history, 1493-1945. Module I.
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English
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March 18, 2024
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American history module 1
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Correspondence
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