Bartlett, Josiah, 1729-1795 [Secret draft budget for the United States]

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GLC#
GLC04658
Type
Documents
Date
19 September 1778
Author/Creator
Bartlett, Josiah, 1729-1795
Title
[Secret draft budget for the United States]
Place Written
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 52.7 cm, Width: 41.7 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

Partial printed budget that the Continental Congress ordered the Committee on Finance to draft. Recommends a loan of 20 million dollars sterling from Europe and outlines the financial relationship with the states. Also recommends poll taxes and duties. With manuscript notes of Josiah Bartlett on the front and docket of "M. Bartlett" on verso.

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