Description of counterfeit bills, which were done in imitation of the true ones ordered by the Honorable the Continental Congress, bearing date 20th May, 1777, and 11th April, 1778.
Contributors: Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed by John Dunlap
Published: 1779
Place of publication: [Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Counterfeits and counterfeiting -- United States.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Counterfeit money.
Notes: Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Imprint from Evans, which dates as January 2, 1779.
LC copy signed in ms. by John Gibson, auditor general for the Board of Treasury, and annotated at bottom of page: Permit no copy of these descriptions to be taken, unless at the request of the executive authority of the state to be placed in confidential hands. Annotated in another hand on verso: Description of the counterfeit bills, May 20th, 1777 and Ap. 11th 1778. From the Treasy. Board.
Evans 16562
Journals of the Continental Congress, 237