Massachusetts. Finance, Currency, Colonial period,
Chauncy, Charles, D. D., 1705-1787. **H 97.60 The accursed thing must be taken away from among a people, if
they would reasonably hope to stand before their enemies. A sermon preached at the Thursday-Lecture in Boston, September 3, 1778. Boston, New-England: Printed by Thomas & John Fleet, 1778. 27 pp. 18cm., in 4s. “The accursed thing among us, is sordid avarice, an unsatiable thirst for money.” — P. 23. The sermon is a protest against ‘the injustice to salaried persons and others of fixed incomes, caused by the law requiring the paper money to be accepted at its face value.
This card was printed at the Boston ne Public Library, November 10, 1922 M4931 — T.r. — Thursday Lectu ton. — Mass. Fin. Currency. Colonial
period. — Fleet, John, printer, 1735?-1806. — Fleet, Thomas, printer, 1685-1758.