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HOPKINS, STEPHEN, SIGNER (RHODE ISLAND). DOCUMENT SIGNED ("STEP. HOPKINS PRES'T"). HARTFORD, 20 OCTOBER 1779. 4 PAGES, FOLIO, SOME MINOR FOLD WEAR.
RECORDS THE RESOLVES AT A MEETING OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE SEVERAL STATES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS, RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS, CONNECTICUT AND NEW YORK HELD AT HARTFORD. THE DOCUMENT GIVES A DETAILED DISCUSSION OF THE DEVALUATION OF PAPER MONEY AND VARIOUS RESOLUTIONS TO BOLSTER IT.
"THE CONVENTION TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE LATE RAPID DEPRECIATION OF OUR CURRENCY AND THE RISE OF THE ARTICLES OF COMMERCE AND PRODUCE NECESSARY FOR THE SUPPLY OF THE ARMY, EVEN MUCH BEYOND WHAT COULD NATURALLY ARISE FROM THE QUANTITY OF THE CIRCULATING MEDIUM OWEING TO THE AVARICIOUS VIEWS OF MANY INCONSIDERATE PEOPLE WHO WOULD NOT WISH THE DESTRUCTION OF THEIR COUNTRY AND TO THE ARTFULL DESIGNS OF OUR MORE SECRET AS WELL AS OPEN ENEMIES TO RUIN IF POSSIBLE THE CREDIT OF OUR MONEY..."
RECORDS THE RESOLVES AT A MEETING OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE SEVERAL STATES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS, RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS, CONNECTICUT AND NEW YORK HELD AT HARTFORD. THE DOCUMENT GIVES A DETAILED DISCUSSION OF THE DEVALUATION OF PAPER MONEY AND VARIOUS RESOLUTIONS TO BOLSTER IT.
"THE CONVENTION TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE LATE RAPID DEPRECIATION OF OUR CURRENCY AND THE RISE OF THE ARTICLES OF COMMERCE AND PRODUCE NECESSARY FOR THE SUPPLY OF THE ARMY, EVEN MUCH BEYOND WHAT COULD NATURALLY ARISE FROM THE QUANTITY OF THE CIRCULATING MEDIUM OWEING TO THE AVARICIOUS VIEWS OF MANY INCONSIDERATE PEOPLE WHO WOULD NOT WISH THE DESTRUCTION OF THEIR COUNTRY AND TO THE ARTFULL DESIGNS OF OUR MORE SECRET AS WELL AS OPEN ENEMIES TO RUIN IF POSSIBLE THE CREDIT OF OUR MONEY..."