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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01450.606 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1782 |
| Title | Printed circular unsigned re: collecting taxes, mentions Robert Morris |
| Date | ca. 7 January - 22 July 1782 |
| Author | Massachusetts Bay Council |
| Document Type | Broadside; Government document |
| Content Description | Headed “(Circular Letter.)” Discusses the need to provide state financial support to Congress for provisioning for the army. Comments on the problems with their currency created after the Revolution began. Describes the moment and obligation as "one of those great occasions which calls on the good people of the Commonwealth to give proof of the sincerity of past engagements--a proof far more substantial and decisive than any verbal declarations whatever." Indicates that the "notes of the National Bank and the Official Notes of the honorable Robert Morris, Esq; will be received as money," which indicates a date sometime between the 1782 opening of the Bank of North America and the end of the war. Docket reads "Bank Circular Letter." [Date range established by the 07 January 1782 opening of the Bank of North America (referenced in this broadsheet) and the fact that the Massachusetts Historical Society has a copy of this broadsheet signed in manuscript on 22 July 1782.] |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Government and Civics Taxes or Taxation Economics Military History Military Provisions Coins and Currency Finance Bank of the US Banking Congress Continental Army Continental Congress Diet and Nutrition |
| Place written | Massachusetts |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Banking & Economics; Creating a New Government; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |