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Description and Holding Information
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1751-06-19, Petition to the King to limit public letters of credit
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June 19, 1751 Petition to the king from various inhabitants of Rhode Island, along with House of Commons resolutions, regarding setting paper
currency and instruments of currency to a specific standard and measure. Also included was a bill to regulate and restrain paper bills of credit and to
prevent them from being used a legal tenders in payment of money. (Digitized from a microfilm copy of titles originally held by the American Antiquarian
Society Library in Worcester, Massachusetts).
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Title:
Newport, June 19th. 1751. Colony of Rhode-Island, &c. : In obedience to an act of the General Assembly of this colony, made and past at their present session ; the copy of a petition preferred to His Majesty, by sundry of the inhabitants of this colony, respecting the paper currency, with the petitioners names therto, together with the resolutions of the House of Commons thereon, and also a copy of the bill prepared in consequence thereof, and presented to the Parliament, are committed to the press ...
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OCLC Number:
62819354
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Available Volumes
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| Name | Fiche Count | Online | Paper Backup |
| Vol. 1 | | Yes | No |
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