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New-York Committee

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Committee Chamber, July 11, 1775.

Resolved, That it be recommended to the inhabitants of this City and County, to take the paper Bills of Credit of the Colony of Connecticut in payments, and to give it the same degree of circulation and credit, as is now given to the Bills of Credit of the neighbouring Colonies.

By order of the Committee:

HENRY REMSEN, D˙ Chairman.

The following denomination of Bills in New-York currency:

£2 0d. 0s. lawful, is £2 13d. 4s.York,
£1 10d. 0s. lawful, is £1 0d. 0s.York,
£1 0d. 0s. lawful, is £0 6d. 8s.York,
£0 1 0d. 0s. lawful, is £0 13d. 4s.York,
£0 6d. 0s. lawful, is £0 8d. 0s.York,
£0 5d. 0s. lawful, is £0 6d. 8s.York,
£0 2d. 0s. lawful, is £0 3d. 4s.York,

The difference is one-third, being emitted at 6s. a dollar.

Details

Title

New-York Committee recommend the circulation of Bills of Credit of Connecticut

Creator

Remsen, Henry

Editor

Remsen, Henry

Resource Type

text

Genre/Form

documents (object genre)

Date Created

1775-07-11

Recipient

New-York, Committee of Correspondence

Presentation Location

New-York, New-York, North America

Before Whom

New-York, Committee of Correspondence

Subject

Economy: paper money

Document ID

S4-V2-P01-sp46-D0069

Series

S4

Volume

S4-V2

Part

S4-V2-P01

Sub-Part

S4-V2-P01-sp46

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