The Second Continental Congress creates the Department of Finance.
Postscript: Two weeks later, Congress appointed former Delegate Robert Morris, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as the first Superintendent of Finance.
[restored 8/14/2021]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
unanimous Declaration (of Independence), Paragraph 6
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References:
“Chronology of Events, 1774-1803,” from The Debate on the Constitution, two volumes, Bernard Bailyn, ed. (New York: Library of America, 1992), 2:1036.
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 30.
Scoundrel Robert Morris, The | Mises Institute
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Current U.s. National Debt:
