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Continental Journals (Roll 3552, Part 1)

Continental Journals, 1775-1785, This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER LIBRARY: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education., Entries listed by date of transaction, not in chronological order. A record of State monetary transactions kept on a daily basis. Although the payments recorded date from 1775-1785, the journals themselves were probably created in the late 1780s or early 1790s for auditing purposes. Types of transactions recorded include tax payments, fines, revenue, government expenses, and transactions of county officials. Information given includes a description of each transaction, the amounts involved, reference page number for the Continental Ledgers, and often the date of the transaction.
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APA citation style
Continental Journals (Roll 3552, Part 1). (1785). Continental Journals (Roll 3552, Part 1). Retrieved from https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/psa/islandora/object/psa%3Acjpa_33
MLA citation style
Continental Journals (Roll 3552, Part 1). no date. Pennsylvania. Comptroller-General's Office, 1785.
Chicago Citation Style citation style
“Continental Journals (Roll 3552, Part 1)”, Continental Journals (PA) 1775-1785, 1785. https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/psa/islandora/object/psa%3Acjpa_33.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.

[]Details

Title

Continental Journals (Roll 3552, Part 1)

Subject

Pennsylvania. Comptroller-General's Office
Account books
Journals (Accounting)

Description

Continental Journals, 1775-1785

Publisher

Pennsylvania. Comptroller-General's Office

Department

Office of the Comptroller General

Date

1775; 1776; 1777; 1778; 1779; 1780; 1781; 1782; 1783; 1784; 1785

Location Covered

Pennsylvania

Type

text

Original Format

microfilm

Digital Format

image/jpeg

Identifier

RG4-3552, Part 1

Language

English

Relation

RG 4, Series 10, Continental Journals, 1775-1785

Rights

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

Contact

Commercial use of this image requires permission and may be subject to a fee. Contact Pennsylvania State Archives at http://www.pastatearchives.com

Contributing Institution

Pennsylvania State Archives

Sponsorship

This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER LIBRARY: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Notes

Entries listed by date of transaction, not in chronological order. A record of State monetary transactions kept on a daily basis. Although the payments recorded date from 1775-1785, the journals themselves were probably created in the late 1780s or early 1790s for auditing purposes. Types of transactions recorded include tax payments, fines, revenue, government expenses, and transactions of county officials. Information given includes a description of each transaction, the amounts involved, reference page number for the Continental Ledgers, and often the date of the transaction.