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Title

  • Board of Treasury, April 8, 1786 : Sir, We do ourselves the honor of enclosing the report of this board upon the several references of Congress, relative to the establishment of a mint for the United States of America. ...

Names

  • United States. Board of Treasury.
  • United States. Continental Congress.
  • Osgood, Samuel, 1748-1813.
  • Livingston, Walter, 1740-1797.
  • Johnson, William Samuel, 1727-1819, former owner.
  • Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [New York : s.n., 1786]

Headings

  • -  United States Mint
  • -  Coinage--United States
  • -  United States--New York--New York

Notes

  • -  Title from opening lines of text. Evans gives incorrect title; correction made in Shipton & Mooney.
  • -  Imprint from Evans. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 961 (#527); but later volumes reject Dunlap as the printer. Cf. JCC, v. 33, 753.
  • -  Signed on p. 5: Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston.
  • -  Evans 20042
  • -  Journals of the Continental Congress, 527
  • -  ESTC W17587
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  LC copy annotated on p. 1: M. Johnson. Annotated on p. 28: Mint.
  • -  Scanned card stamped as no. 2636. LAC sba 2021-05-06
  • -  LAC sba 2021-05-06 no edits (1 card)

Medium

  • 28 p. ; 23 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Cont Cong no. 179

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90898244

Online Format

  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Board Of Treasury, United States Continental Congress, Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston, William Samuel Johnson, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. Board of Treasury, April 8,: Sir, We do ourselves the honor of enclosing the report of this board upon the several references of Congress, relative to the establishment of a mint for the United States of America. [New York: s.n, 1786] Online Text. https://www.loc.gov/item/90898244/.

APA citation style:

United States Board Of Treasury, United States Continental Congress, Osgood, S., Livingston, W., Johnson, W. S. & Continental Congress Broadside Collection. (1786) Board of Treasury, April 8,: Sir, We do ourselves the honor of enclosing the report of this board upon the several references of Congress, relative to the establishment of a mint for the United States of America. [New York: s.n] [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/90898244/.

MLA citation style:

United States Board Of Treasury, et al. Board of Treasury, April 8,: Sir, We do ourselves the honor of enclosing the report of this board upon the several references of Congress, relative to the establishment of a mint for the United States of America. [New York: s.n, 1786] Online Text. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/90898244/>.