Resolutions regarding the lottery, 1777 February 26.

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Resolutions regarding the lottery, 1777 February 26.

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Resolutions given at Baltimore, Md. concerning interest rates on Loan Office rates and Continental lottery prizes, issued by John Hancock, President of Congress. On the front of the document is written a list, dated 1782 January 8, of the owners of the Brigte Chasmarie, and the amount of shares they own. The list includes Captain Samuel Smith, Robert Morris, Preston Reed, Charles Pettit, John Cox, William Shippen, Philip Moore, B. McClenachen, and several others (illegible). On the back of the document is written a list, dated 1779 January 4, of men purchasing Bills of Exchange on France through the agency of Mr. Wm. Trumbull, and the amount each paid. The list includes the same men in addition to Thomas Bond, Sharpe Delaney, William Smith, Joseph Bullock, George Campbell, Joseph Reed, and others (illegible). Written at Philadelphia, Penn.

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