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COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, APRIL 11 1793. RECEIVED OF ELIJAH ABEL THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTIONS OF STATE PAPER, BEING IN FULL OF A BALANCE DUE HIM. VIZ. 2 STATE NOTES ... AMOUNTING TO FORTY POUNDS 12/9 1/2 LAWFUL MONEY, FOR WHICH SUM THE COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN MAY 1792, ARE ACCOUNTABLE AGREEABLE TO THE DIRECTIONS CONTAINED IN AN ACT ENTITLED AN ACT FOR ENLARGING THE POWERS AND INCREASING THE FUNDS OF YALE-COLLEGE

COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, APRIL 11 1793. RECEIVED OF ELIJAH ABEL THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTIONS OF STATE PAPER, BEING IN FULL OF A BALANCE DUE HIM. VIZ. 2 STATE NOTES ... AMOUNTING TO FORTY POUNDS 12/9 1/2 LAWFUL MONEY, FOR WHICH SUM THE COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN MAY 1792, ARE ACCOUNTABLE AGREEABLE TO THE DIRECTIONS CONTAINED IN AN ACT ENTITLED AN ACT FOR ENLARGING THE POWERS AND INCREASING THE FUNDS OF YALE-COLLEGE by [Yale College]

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COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, APRIL 11 1793. RECEIVED OF ELIJAH ABEL THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTIONS OF STATE PAPER, BEING IN FULL OF A BALANCE DUE HIM. VIZ. 2 STATE NOTES ... AMOUNTING TO FORTY POUNDS 12/9 1/2 LAWFUL MONEY, FOR WHICH SUM THE COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN MAY 1792, ARE ACCOUNTABLE AGREEABLE TO THE DIRECTIONS CONTAINED IN AN ACT ENTITLED AN ACT FOR ENLARGING THE POWERS AND INCREASING THE FUNDS OF YALE-COLLEGE
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[Yale College]
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David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
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[Hartford], 1793. Single printed leaf, 6" x 7-3/4,"completed in ink manuscript. Signed in ink at the end by one of the duly appointed Commissioners, "A. Kingsbury on acct of the State." Very Good. Andrew Kingsbury, along with John Trumbull and William Hart, was appointed a Treasury Commissioner of the State of Connecticut by Act of May 1792, to collect balances due on taxes owed to the State. According to Section 2 of the Act, amounts so collected "are hereby appropriated to, and for the use and benefit of Yale College in New-Haven, to be applied in manner following, out of the avails thereof, for the purpose of erecting a new building or college for the reception and accommodation of the students; and the residue shall be, and hereby is established, as a fund for raising an annual revenue, forever hereafter to be applied to, and for the support of, necessary professors in the various arts and sciences, for the benefit of the college." In May 1793 Kingsbury relinquished the office of Commissioner in order to become Treasurer of the State of Connecticut. Not located on ESTC or the online sites of AAS or Yale. Not in Evans, Shipton & Mooney.
The elementary spelling book;

The elementary spelling book; by Webster, Noah.

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The elementary spelling book;
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Webster, Noah.
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Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio (United States)
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Montpelier, VT: E. P. Walton, n.d., but after 1843. Last Revised Edition. Acceptable. 12mo (18 cm); 168 pages. Woodcut frontispiece, title page with woodcut ornamental border, and seven woodcut vignettes in text. Bound in quarter cloth over printed boards, with title page reproduced on upper board. Worn and thumbed, yet sound and entire. Published in the year of the author's death.

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