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Collection Reference Number GLC01738
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1790 
Title The Secretary of State's report on supplying coinage from England
Date 14 April 1790
Author Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)  
Document Type Broadside; Government document
Content Description Broadside printed by Childs and Swaine. First printing of Jefferson's first published report as Secretary of State rejecting a proposal to import copper coins minted in England as an infringement on American sovereignty. The idea had been proposed by John H. Mitchell of South Carolina.
Subjects Rebellion  Government and Civics  Coins and Currency  Global History and Civics  Finance  Economics  
People Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)  Mitchell, John (fl. 1764-1790)  
Place written New York
Theme Government & Politics; Banking & Economics; Foreign Affairs
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859