LS (circular), 1791 June 22, Treasury Department, to John S. Dexter, Supervisor, Providence, Rhode Island.

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LS (circular), 1791 June 22, Treasury Department, to John S. Dexter, Supervisor, Providence, Rhode Island.

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Requests economic information on manufactures, trade, prices, labor, and laws of the state. This letter inaugurated the project which led directly to Hamilton's most important statement on the economic structure of America, his report on manufactures to Congress which has been called "the Magna Carta of industrial America."

2 p. ; 33 x 21 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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