. Currency and banking in the province of the Massachusetts-Bay. ■■■ ■ :■ <Jt. |L K- J • ■ •sCE § Kl tfil, 0!J T< . • i « Fractional currency, 1737. Ihotographed by permission of the Essex , 3 in. x 3j^ Land Bank or Manufactory biil, 1740. Pliotographed by permission of Mr. Will-iam S. Appleton, of Boston. Size, 2,% in- x 4)4 in. The Struggles to Check the Depredation. 145 proposed subscription loans of 1728 and 1729, we haveno such knowledge as will enable us to speak positivelyas to their import, but we can add to the suggestionspreviously made an analysis of cer
. Currency and banking in the province of the Massachusetts-Bay. ■■■ ■ :■ <Jt. |L K- J • ■ •sCE § Kl tfil, 0!J T< . • i « Fractional currency, 1737. Ihotographed by permission of the Essex , 3 in. x 3j^ Land Bank or Manufactory biil, 1740. Pliotographed by permission of Mr. Will-iam S. Appleton, of Boston. Size, 2,% in- x 4)4 in. The Struggles to Check the Depredation. 145 proposed subscription loans of 1728 and 1729, we haveno such knowledge as will enable us to speak positivelyas to their import, but we can add to the suggestionspreviously made an analysis of certain events selectedfrom the records which will, perhaps, aid us in solvingtheir general character. October 13, 1727, a petition of certain Boston mer-chants was presented to the General Court in whichthey complained that trade was languishing; thattrading by truck or barter was attended with great andinsuperable difficulties and that the people called for asupply of money in order to purchase their daily committee was appointed to consider the matter andreport at the next session. In February, 1727-28, acommittee was appointed to receive and consider in therecess of the Court, any scheme or projection for re-trievi
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