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The Last resource of democracy. : From the American Mercury of April 1, 1817. "A mammoth tax! It is whispered in Federal circles that it will be necessary, this spring to lay a state tax of ten cents on the dollar, to clear the state from debt...
Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition 41229. Connect to full text. Available online
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- Book
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 41229.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Republican Party (Conn. : 1792-1828).
- Connecticut. Treasury Department.
- Connecticut.
- Finance, Public--Connecticut.
- Finance, Public.
- Taxation--Connecticut.
- Taxation.
- Connecticut--Politics and government--1775-1865.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- Broadsides.
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)
- Place of Publication:
- [New Haven] : [Printed by Sherman Converse], [1817]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- Political statement criticizing Connecticut's financial condition, followed by a reply, signed: Andrew Kingsbury, treasurer of Connecticut. Hartford, April 1, 1817.
- At end: After so complete a refutation of the statement in the Mercury, it is hoped that no further cautions will be necessary against giving credit to Democratic electioneering statements. Journal Office, April 3, 1817.
- Presumably printed by Sherman Converse, printer of the Connecticut journal, New Haven, Conn., in 1817.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 41229).
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