The Board of Treasury, to whom it was referred to revise the system adopted for the settlement of the accounts of the five great departments : ... beg leave to report ... that the present system for settling the accounts ... is more expensive that is consistent with the present state of the finances, and not calculated to bring those extensive accounts to a speedy and final adjustment. ...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ;
no. 44984. |
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| Online Access: | Evans Digital Edition |
| Item Description: | Resolutions submitted to Congress, for establishing a single office "for the sole and express purpose of procuring a speedy settlement of the accounts of the said departments." Signed and dated: Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston, Arthur Lee. January 12, 1786. Imprint supplied by Library of Congress. Catalog of broadsides in the rare book division. Printed area measures 26.9 x 12.8 cm. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 34 x 21 cm. Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- New York -- New York. |