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Revolutionary Era broadsides, 1775-1783
United States. Continental Congress Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 Dunlap, John, 1747-1812
In Congress, January 13, 1779 : We cannot review the progress of the revolution which has given freedom to America, without admiring the goodness and gratefully acknowledging the interposition of Divine Providence. …
Philadelphia [Pa.]
Printed by John Dunlap
1779-01-13 [1779]
1 sheet ([2] p.) ; 42 x 26 cm
Concerning Britain’s efforts to discredit American currency. Four resolutions on taxation and withdrawing the bills of credit of the emissions of May 20, 1777 and April 11, 1778. The three resolutions dated January 2, 5, and 14, 1779, are each signed: Extract from the minutes, Charles Thomson, secretary. New-York Historical copy inscribed on verso: resolves of Congress in January 1779; ink stamp: Tomlinson collection, deposited by the Mercantile Library Association. References: Evans 16566; Journals of the Continental Congress, 242.
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