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Excerpt from Historical Sketches of the Paper Currency of the American Colonies, Prior to the Adoption of the Federal Constitution: First Series In the year 1889, the Rev. Joseph B. Felt published a History qf the Massachusetts Currmcy, a work of sterling value, now of not frequent occurrence, presenting among other matters an animated account of its paper money. Of the currency of Rhoda Istand, an interesting and elabo rate sketch was about the same time prepared and pri nataly distributed by Hon. E. R. Potter of that state, who on learning of the present undertaking, with great kind ness furnished the present author with a revised and. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.