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Author: Davis, Andrew McFarland.
Title: Currency and Banking in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay.
Citation: New York: Published for the American Economic Association by Macmillan and Co., 1901.
Subdivision: Volume I, Appendix A.
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APPENDIX A.

OLD COLONY BILLS.
Year. Month. Emission. Taxes
Laid as a
Fund.
Remarks.
1690 Dec. 10 7,000 1692 }

£7,000 were first emitted, then indefinite authority was given. May 20, 1691, the total emission was limited to £40,000. All were called in in 1692.

1691 Feb.3 _ _ _ _ _ _ 
May 20 33,000 1692-93
1693 Dec. 11 500 _ _ _ _ _ _  }

This emission was redeemable in silver. £1,500 were authorized to be prepared in 1693, of which £500 were issued. £700 more were issued in 1694. These two emissions were included in the £5,000 authorized June 22, 1694.

1694 June 20 700 1694
1694 June 22 3,800 1694
1694 Oct. 31 3,000 1694
1695 March 16 4,000 1695
1695 June 28 5,000 1695
1696 March 7 4,000 1696
1696 June 17 4,000 1696
1696 Oct. 3 2,000 1696
1696 Dec. 19 3,000 1697
1700 March 23 2,000 1700
1701 April 19 1,000 _ _ _ _ _ _ 
1701 July 4 6,000 1701
1702 June 26 3,000 1702
82,000 _ _ _ _ _ _ 

The several tax funds exceeded this amount by over £33,000.

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