November 30 marked the end of the fiscal year and many states and corporations were reporting their expenditures and balances, along with other statistics. Pennsylvania, for example, reported a total public debt of $38,638,961.07 and an available balance in the state treasury of $839,323.09. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year 1861 (Boston: Crosby, Nichols, Lee and Company, 1860), 348.
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Type
Legal/Political