Outlines of a plan for the establishment of a mint, for the United States
Subtitle: humbly submitted to Congress.
Contributors: Cist, Charles, 1738-1805, printer.; Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed by Charles Cist
Published: 1785
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Mints -- United States.; Coinage -- United States.
Notes: Bristol B6136
Shipton & Mooney 44756
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
William Barton's "Letters and thoughts on a mint" dated Aug. 22, 1785, was referred to the Board of Treasury Sept. 6, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 682.
Caption title.
Imprint statement from colophon; date supplied by Bristol.
Dated on p. [4]: Philadelphia, August 22, 1785.
Not in Evans.
LC copy annotated on p. [4]: Wm. Barton coinage Connecticut.