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Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 [Congressional resolution requiring that taxes be paid in specie].

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06047 Author/Creator: Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Document signed Date: 18 September 1786 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 31.8 cm, Width: 17.2 cm Order a Copy

Printed resolution of the Continental Congress that requires the states, Rhode Island and New Jersey in particular, to make payments on requisitions in specie and not in the paper currency issued by the state. Signed as Secretary of the Continental Congress.

Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824

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