When was it published?

December 1, 1781 in The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

Letter to Editor December 1, 1781

The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

Q: What sub-type of article is it?

Persuasive, Political, Investigative

Q: What themes does it cover?

Taxation, Economic Policy, Politics

Q: What keywords are associated?

Continental Dollars, State Treasurer, Over Taxed, General Assembly, Public Monies, Congress Redemption

Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

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What is this article about?

A correspondent questions why the state treasurer holds excess millions in Continental dollars beyond the state's proportion and thousands in outstanding lawful tax money, implying over-taxation by inhabitants. He urges residents to instruct assembly members to investigate public money expenditures and press Congress to have other states redeem their shares of Continental currency, warning of diminishing efficacy if delayed.

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A third Correspondent would wish to know how the Treasurer of this State happens to be possessed of so many millions of Continental dollars more than this State's proportion, and so many thousands of pounds lawful money, of taxes still outstanding; as it carries with it an idea, that the inhabitants of the State have been over-taxed.-- And he would further hope, the inhabitants would instruct their members at the next General Assembly, to promote a strict inquiry into the expenditure of public monies. and to insist that Congress obliges the other States to redeem their proportions of Continental money, as the longer it is delayed, the remedy will become less efficacious to the disease.

What sub-type of article is it?

Persuasive Political Investigative

What themes does it cover?

Taxation Economic Policy Politics

What keywords are associated?

Continental Dollars State Treasurer Over Taxed General Assembly Public Monies Congress Redemption

What entities or persons were involved?

A Third Correspondent

Letter to Editor Details

Author

A Third Correspondent

Main Argument

questions the state treasurer's excess holdings of continental dollars and outstanding taxes, implying over-taxation, and calls for assembly inquiry into public expenditures and congressional enforcement of other states redeeming their continental money shares to prevent worsening the issue.

Notable Details

Idea That Inhabitants Have Been Over Taxed Strict Inquiry Into Expenditure Of Public Monies Remedy Less Efficacious To The Disease