The Superior Court of Judicature of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations decides Trevett v. Weeden, upholding the Right of Trial by Jury, and striking down legal tender statutes—only gold and silver Coin is lawful Money.
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Authority:
Magna Carta, Chapters 35 and 39
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References:
“Chronology of Events, 1774-1804,” from The Debate on the Constitution, two volumes, Bernard Bailyn, ed., (New York: Library of America, 1992), 2:1038
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 39.
Irwin H. Polishook, Rhode Island and the Union: 1774 – 1795, (Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press, 1969), 133-38.
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