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U.S. Continental Congress. Thomson, Charles Act of Congress re: continuance of loan

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02818 Author/Creator: U.S. Continental Congress. Thomson, Charles Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1780/03/16 Pagination: 1 p. + addr. 23 x 20 cm Order a Copy

Signed as secretary to Congress.

In Congress March 16th, 1780

Resolved, That the Loan continued to the first of the present month by the resolution of the 6th of October last be further continued to the amount of the blank loan office certificates which are already ordered by Congress to be struck.
Extract from the Minutes,
Cha Thomson Secy.
Docket:
Nathaniel Appleton Esq
Massachusetts Bay

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