By the United States in Congress assembled, February 17, 1783
Subtitle: Whereas by the eighth article of the confederation and perpetual union, it is agreed and declared, that all charges of war ... shall be defrayed out of a common treasury ... Resolved, that the legislature of each state be, and they are hereby required, to take such measures as shall appear to them most effectual for obtaining a just and accurate account of the quantity of land in such state ...
Contributors: Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed by David C. Claypoole
Published: 1783
Place of publication: [Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Tariff -- United States.; Tax assessment -- United States.
Notes: Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Evans 18232
Journals of the Continental Congress, 404
Caption title.
Prionter from Evans.
Includes a resolution of the Continental Congress dated Apr. 18, 1783, imposing duties on imported goods.
LC copy signed in ms.: Chas Thomson secy.
Source: Transfer from Manuscript Department, Library of Congress.