Today in history
Subtitle: December 23
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Subjects: Resignation of military commission; Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.); Maryland State House (Annapolis, Md.)
Other titles: December 23
Description: Presents the early history of the Federal Reserve System, created in 1913 by the Owen-Glass Act. Also relates the circumstances of George Washington's resigning his commission as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army in 1783, as well as information on the Maryland State House in Annapolis where the Continental Congress was meeting and where the event took place.
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Illustrated by digitized items from the American Memory historic collections compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: The Federal Reserve System; title: Home for the holidays.