A Brief Account of the Finances and Paper Money of the Revolutionary War

1st of January aggregate American amount ANN TASKER April April 11 ascer bank BEAUMARCHAIS bills of credit Board of Treasury borrowed British called cash certificates circulation colonies Congress resolved conti continental bills Continental Currency continental treasury counterfeits creditors currency December depreciation discharge domestic debt emissions authorized emitted enemies established estimated exchange February February 17 finances five foreign debt France funds gold and silver GOUVERNEUR MORRIS half-pay honour hundred thousand dollars issued JEFFERSON July June laws legal tender legislature liberty livres livres tournois loan offices ment millions of dollars necessary nental November November 29 paid paper emissions paper money payable PELATIAH Pennsylvania persons public credit public debt public faith quotas RAMSAY received in payment recommended red money redeemed redemption respective Rhode Island ROBERT MORRIS September sions South Carolina specie taxes tion United