(Circular.) Philadelphia, February 8, 1781 : Sir, Your excellency will receive enclosed two important resolves of Congress, of the 3d and 7th instant, recommending it to the several states ... that they vest a power in Congress, to levy, for the use of the United States, a duty of five per cent ... upon all goods, wares and merchandize, of foreign growth and manufacture ... to be appropriated to the discharge ... of the debts ... of the United States, for supporting the present war.
| Author/creator | United States. Continental Congress |
| Format | Electronic and Book |
| Publication Info | Providence : Printed by John Carter, [1781] |
| Description | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
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| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 44065. ^A478749 |
| General note | Signed: Samuel Huntington, president. |
| General note | At end: State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations. The preceding contains true copies ... Witness, Henry Ward, sec'ry. |
| General note | Printed in two columns. |
| References | Bristol B5380 |
| References | Shipton & Mooney 44065 |
| References | Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 897 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 44065). |
| Genre/form | Broadsides. |
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