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Specie Journals (Roll 3550, Part 1)

Specie Journals, Volume 2, 1775-1790, 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., A record of state monetary transactions kept on a daily basis relating to the payment and settlement of public money, kept by Comptroller General John Nicholson for the purpose of auditing, liquidating and adjusting Commonwealth accounts. Although the transactions recorded date from 1775-1785, the journals themselves were probably created in the late 1790's. Information given includes a description of each transaction, amounts received or paid, page number for the corresponding entry in RG/004/10-Continental Journals, 1775-1785, and often the date of the transaction.
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APA citation style
Specie Journals (Roll 3550, Part 1). (1790). Specie Journals (Roll 3550, Part 1). Retrieved from https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/psa/islandora/object/psa%3Asjpa90_141
MLA citation style
Specie Journals (Roll 3550, Part 1). no date. Pennsylvania. Comptroller-General's Office, 1790.
Chicago Citation Style citation style
“Specie Journals (Roll 3550, Part 1)”, Specie Journals (PA) 1775-1790, 1790. https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/psa/islandora/object/psa%3Asjpa90_141.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.

[]Details

Title

Specie Journals (Roll 3550, Part 1)

Subject

Pennsylvania. Comptroller-General's Office
Account books
Journals (Accounting)
Nicholson, John, 1757-1800

Description

Specie Journals, Volume 2, 1775-1790

Publisher

Pennsylvania. Comptroller-General's Office

Department

Office of the Comptroller General

Date

1775; 1776; 1777; 1778; 1779; 1780; 1781; 1782; 1783; 1784; 1785; 1786; 1787; 1788; 1789; 1790

Location Covered

Pennsylvania

Type

text

Original Format

microfilm

Digital Format

image/jpeg

Identifier

RG4-3550, Part 1

Language

English

Relation

RG 4, Series 54, Specie Journals, 1775-1790

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

A record of state monetary transactions kept on a daily basis relating to the payment and settlement of public money, kept by Comptroller General John Nicholson for the purpose of auditing, liquidating and adjusting Commonwealth accounts. Although the transactions recorded date from 1775-1785, the journals themselves were probably created in the late 1790's. Information given includes a description of each transaction, amounts received or paid, page number for the corresponding entry in RG/004/10-Continental Journals, 1775-1785, and often the date of the transaction.