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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04658 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1778 |
| Title | Secret draft budget for the United States |
| Date | ca. 19 September 1778 |
| Author | Bartlett, Josiah (1729-1795) |
| Document Type | Government document |
| Content Description | Partial printed budget that the Continental Congress ordered the Committee on Finance to draft. Recommends a loan of 20 million dollars sterling from Europe and outlines the financial relationship with the states. Also recommends poll taxes and duties. With manuscript notes of Josiah Bartlett on the front and docket of "M. Bartlett" on verso. |
| Subjects | Finance Economics Congress Continental Congress Revolutionary War Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Government and Civics Taxes or Taxation |
| People | Bartlett, Josiah (1729-1795) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Banking & Economics; Government & Politics; 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 |