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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 322 322 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition. 243 243 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8 208 208 Browse Search
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 78 78 Browse Search
Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct. 49 49 Browse Search
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks) 23 23 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 21 21 Browse Search
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. 13 13 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 10 10 Browse Search
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 28. 9 9 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: April 8, 1864., [Electronic resource], Peace Coming through bankruptcy — a Blast from a "Suppressed" Press. (search)
g no relief to the pressing necessities of the Government. Never was cause more just than our revolution. Never was a debt more honestly contracted. But it had to be repudiated, because it was beyond the reach of all real money at the command of the country, and it is not in the power of man to make mere paper promise of Government long pass for money. It was inevitable that the continental money should sink in value in proportion to the increase of its issue.--The first issue was made in 1775. The depreciation began in three years afterwards, and went on as follows: March, 1778, $1 in coin was worth $1.75 in paper. September, 1778, $1 in coin was worth $16 in paper. March, 1779, $1 in coin was worth $16 in paper. September. 1779, $1 in coin was worth $18 in paper. March, 1780, $1 in coin was worth $40 in paper. December, 1780, $1 in coin was worth $100 in paper. May, 1781, $1 in coin was worth $500 in paper. Not long after these days the ho