An address of the Legislature to the inhabitants of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Massachusetts. General Court.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

22 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 7 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 8 pages ; 12⁰

Place of Publication:

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston : Printed by Benjamin Edes and Sons, in State-Street, M,DCC,LXXXI. [1781]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Concerning the effects of the War for Independence on the state's economy.

The title page is p. [5]. Preceded by half-title and an order of the House, dated Feb. 26, 1781, that the address and two appended bills be printed and distributed.

"An act for repealing certain parts of an act postponing the payment of government securities to a distant period, for the payment of the interest now due on said securities, and for altering the several acts of government which now relate to the currency of the state and conforming the same to the principles of equality and justice."--7 p., 2nd count. Passed Jan. 25, 1781.

"An act to supply the Treasury with the sum of four hundred thousand pounds--money."--8 p. at end. Passed Feb. 17, 1781.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.

Cited in:

Evans, 17216

Sabin, 45586

English Short Title Catalog, W37193.

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