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
United States.
Board of Treasury.
Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
text
text
pau
1779
monographic
Philadelphia
Printed by John Dunlap
1779]
eng
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 40 x 21 cm.
Imprint from Evans, which dates as January 2, 1779.
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. DLC
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Counterfeits and counterfeiting
United States
United States
History
Revolution, 1775-1783
Counterfeit money
United States
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Cont Cong no. 55
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/bdsdcc.05501
Evans
16562
Journals of the Continental Congress,
237
ESTC
W36679
90898286
hdl:loc.rbc/bdsdcc.05501
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DLC
900720
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