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Book/Printed Material Description of counterfeit bills, which were done in imitation of the true ones ordered by the Honorable the Continental Congress, bearing date 20th May, 1777, and 11th April, 1778.

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Title

  • Description of counterfeit bills, which were done in imitation of the true ones ordered by the Honorable the Continental Congress, bearing date 20th May, 1777, and 11th April, 1778.

Names

  • United States. Board of Treasury.
  • Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Philadelphia : Printed by John Dunlap, 1779]

Headings

  • -  United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Counterfeit money
  • -  Counterfeits and counterfeiting--United States
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Notes

  • -  Imprint from Evans, which dates as January 2, 1779.
  • -  Evans 16562
  • -  Journals of the Continental Congress, 237
  • -  ESTC W36679
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  LC copy signed in ms. by John Gibson, auditor general for the Board of Treasury, and annotated at bottom of page: Permit no copy of these descriptions to be taken, unless at the request of the executive authority of the state to be placed in confidential hands. Annotated in another hand on verso: Description of the counterfeit bills, May 20th, 1777 and Ap. 11th 1778. From the Treasy. Board.
  • -  Formerly LCCN tes52-809.
  • -  Card has both Continental Congress no. 55 and Continental Congress no. 44. LAC sba 2020-11-17
  • -  Scanned card stamped as no. 1989. LAC sba 2020-11-17.
  • -  LAC sba 2020-11-17 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 40 x 21 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Cont Cong no. 55

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90898286

Online Format

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  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Board Of Treasury, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. Description of counterfeit bills, which were done in imitation of the true ones ordered by the Honorable the Continental Congress, bearing date 20th May, and 11th April, 1778. [Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap, 1779] Online Text. https://www.loc.gov/item/90898286/.

APA citation style:

United States Board Of Treasury & Continental Congress Broadside Collection. (1779) Description of counterfeit bills, which were done in imitation of the true ones ordered by the Honorable the Continental Congress, bearing date 20th May, and 11th April, 1778. [Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap] [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/90898286/.

MLA citation style:

United States Board Of Treasury, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. Description of counterfeit bills, which were done in imitation of the true ones ordered by the Honorable the Continental Congress, bearing date 20th May, and 11th April, 1778. [Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap, 1779] Online Text. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/90898286/>.