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The General Assembly of Alabama on Confederate Curr

Manuscript Document Signed, "P.H. Brittan" Secretary of State of Alabama, 1p. folio, December 8, 1863, Montgomery, Alabama, December 11, 1863, being a true copy from the original rolls titled "Joint Resolutions in relation to Taxation and the Confederate Currency.", it reads in most part: "...Be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That in the opinion of this General Assembly, the people of Alabama will submit to any tax which the Congress may impose for the purpose of reducing the volume of the currency and appreciating its value, Provided the tax be not oppresive in amount or unequal in its operation. Be it further Resolved, That the financial scheme orginiated and recommended by the Convention of Bank officers recently held in Augusta, Georgia, to wit, the issue of One thousand and Million of dollars of bonds of the Confederate States, with coupons attached payable in coin, and the imposition of a tax of sixty millions of dollars....is disapproved by this General Assembly..Be it further Resolved, That the Governor be requested to transmit a copy of these Resolutions to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress, and also a copy to the Governor of each State of the Confederacy..." VG.

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