. The financial relations of North Carolina and the Continental Congress. 40. Revolutionary currencj^ of North Carolina which took the place of theproclamation money used previous lo 1779» Copies taken from of Mecklenburg County? I I. 41. Provincial Congress Resolved unanimously, That the inhabitants of NorthCarolina will pay their full proportion of the expence so incurred, andwill make provision for the redemption of such part of the sum so emittedas shall be alloted by the Continental Congress for this province toRedeem, in proportion to the number of inhabitants.^ It wa
. The financial relations of North Carolina and the Continental Congress. 40. Revolutionary currencj^ of North Carolina which took the place of theproclamation money used previous lo 1779» Copies taken from of Mecklenburg County? I I. 41. Provincial Congress Resolved unanimously, That the inhabitants of NorthCarolina will pay their full proportion of the expence so incurred, andwill make provision for the redemption of such part of the sum so emittedas shall be alloted by the Continental Congress for this province toRedeem, in proportion to the number of inhabitants.^ It was recommended to the States that the bills be made a legal [tender in the payment of all debts, and that they should pass under allcircumstances on a parity with gold and silver coin. Any person who would ^refuse to accept the Continental currency was to be considered as an enemyto his country, and should forfeit the same amount tendered him in pay-ment or offered him in exchange for commodities or merchandise. The re-sults of these measures were very pernicious in their effects and in 1778it was deemed advisable not to recognize them as legal tender^ Before theend of the war $241,552,780 had been run through the government printingpress. The bil
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