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Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Portsmouth, June 23 report on New Hampshire General Court's session adjournment in Concord, bank subscriptions, appointments, treasury status, law revisions, constitutional convention, state thanksgiving, US export values, and rapid bank subscriptions nationwide.
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Last Saturday the General Court of this State finished their session at Concord, and adjourned to meet on the last day of November next, in this town.
The President and Treasurer of this State are directed by the General Court to subscribe one hundred and fifty shares in the Bank of the United States, the amount will be 60,000 dollars, one fourth to be paid in gold and silver, and three fourths in the funded debt of the United States.
Sanford Kingsbury, Jeremiah Smith, and James M'Gregore, Esquires, are appointed to arrange and forward on the accounts and vouchers against the United States.
By a late statement made by the treasurer, there appears to be in the State treasury about six thousand pounds in silver and gold, of the funded debt forty-seven thousand pounds.
The revision of the State laws were completed at the late session, and an act passed suspending their operation until February next: they are committed to the press by the printer hereof, and will be completed with all possible speed.
An act has passed the legislature for calling a convention on the first Wednesday of September next, to meet at Concord, for the revision of the Constitution of this State. The act will be inserted in our next.
Thursday the 17th day of November next is appointed to be observed as a day of public thanksgiving and praise throughout this state.
The value of the exports from the United States, from August, 1789, to Sept. 1790, according to the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, is Twenty Millions, Four hundred and Fifteen Thousand, nine hundred and sixty-six Dollars.
The subscriptions to the BANK of the United States, fill up with great rapidity in every part of the Union.
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Portsmouth
Event Date
June 23
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General Court finished session at Concord last Saturday, adjourned to last day of November in Portsmouth; President and Treasurer to subscribe 150 shares in Bank of United States for 60,000 dollars; Sanford Kingsbury, Jeremiah Smith, James M'Gregore appointed to handle accounts against United States; treasury has 6,000 pounds silver/gold and 47,000 pounds funded debt; state laws revised, suspended until February, to be printed; convention called for first Wednesday September at Concord to revise Constitution; November 17 thanksgiving; US exports August 1789-Sept 1790 valued at 20,415,966 dollars; bank subscriptions filling rapidly.