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Number and division of the bills (continued) : 



105.866 J dollar bills. 



105.867 I do. 



105.867 i do. 



105.868 T J g do. 



6,000 £ do. for an extra. 



Emission of the last session. 

 Printed by S. Loudon. 



1776.— March 5. 



Amount, £55,000 or $137,500. 



Form : Same as the last, except the date. 



Excepting : Those of the denomination of §, J, J, J of 

 a dollar, which were in the form following: 



This bill shall pass current in all payments in this Colony 

 for five shillings and four pence (or two shillings and eight 

 pence, or two shillings, or one shilling and four pence, or 

 one shilling), being equal to one-third (or J or | or J) of 

 a Spanish milled dollar, or the value thereof in gold or 

 silver, according to the resolution of the Provincial Con- 

 gress of New York, on the 5th day of March 1776. 



Signers not named. 



Device, as the committee should direct. 

 Number and division of the bills: 



2,350 



$10 



bills. 



2,350 



5 



do. 



2,350 



3 



do. 



2,350 



2 



do. 



30,000 



1 



do. 



30,000 



I 



do. 



30,000 



i 



2 



do. 



30,000 



i 



do. 



30,000 



i 



do. 



30,000 



I 



do. 



24,000 





do. 



