In Committee, of Inspection and Observation, February 5th, 1776 : Whereas the Continental Congress did lately resolve, that if any person should be so lost to all virtue ... as to refuse to receive the bills of credit emitted by authority of Congress ... This committee ... do hold up to the world, the said John Drinker, Thomas and Samuel Fisher, as enemies to their country ..

Contributor:

Philadelphia (Pa.) (issuing body); Lloyd, Peter Zachary (secretary); William and Thomas Bradford (Firm) (printer); Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (former owner)

Timespan:

Revolution, 1775-1783; 1775-1783

Date:

1776-02-05

Description:

Philadelphia. Declaring John Drinker, Thomas and Samuel Fisher enemies to their country and precluded from all trade or intercourse with the inhabitants of these Colonies, owing to their refusal to receive bills of credit emitted by Congress. Peter Zachary Lloyd, Secretary. Printed broadside. 1p.

Language:

English

Provenance:

Bequeathed by Benjamin Franklin to his grandson William Temple Franklin. Bequeathed by William Temple Franklin to George Fox who in turn passed on possession to his children, Charles and Mary. Found at the Fox family estate at Champlost in a stable loft by Mrs. Holbrook around 1862 and given to her by Eliza Fox subsequently. Sold by her son George O. Holbrook to a committee of friends of the University of Pennsylvania Library in 1903 and gifted by them to the University the same year.

Publisher:

[Printed by William and Thomas Bradford]

Subject:

Drinker, John, 1733-1800 Early works to 1800; Fisher, Thomas, 1741-1810 Early works to 1800; Fisher, Samuel Rowland, 1745-1834 Early works to 1800; Drinker, John, 1733-1800; Fisher, Samuel Rowland, 1745-1834; Fisher, Thomas, 1741-1810; Paper money -- United States -- Early works to 1800; Economics; Paper money

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Broadsides; books

Physical Description:

1 sheet ([1] pages); 25 x 23 cm

Geographic Subject:

United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Economic aspects -- Early works to 1800; Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Early works to 1800; Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia; United States

Related Place:

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Signed: Extract from the minutes, Peter Z. Lloyd, secretary.; Ascribed to the press of William and Thomas Bradford in Philadelphia by Evans.; Acquired in 1903 as part of the Benjamin Franklin Papers.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 900, Volume X Page 14

Collection:

Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)