Robert Morris to John Langdon discussing bank notes and their utility - American History 1493-1945 - Adam Matthew Digital

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC06528
From Archive Folder	Documents Relating to 1782
Title	Robert Morris to John Langdon discussing bank notes and their utility
Date	19 February 1782
Author	Morris, Robert (1734-1806)
Recipient	Langdon, John
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	Discusses bank notes and their utility, and his efforts to widen their circulation and the public's confidence in them by applying his personal credit. Also indicates that he will get flour and iron to Langdon as soon as he can secure a vessel and the ice clears. Written from the Office of Finance.
Subjects	Revolutionary War Military History Banking Finance Economics Military Provisions Diet and Nutrition Navy Building Construction Military Supplies
People	Morris, Robert (1734-1806) Langdon, John (1741-1819)
Place written	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme	The American Revolution; Naval & Maritime
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information	Signer of the U.S. Constitution.
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
Transcript	Show/hide Partial Transcript: ...a newspaper of this day, with a publication from my Office, which will show you plainly the Value & Use of Bank Notes, and so soon [struck: & d illegible] as they have acquired a little more general circulation, I shall make my remittances in those, instead of my own notes, which I issued only as a prelude to the others by way of opening the Public Eye to their Utility, as well as to apply my Personal Credit to the Public Service.

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