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Inflation and profiteering in the American Revolution era
The article chronicles inflation, price controls, and profiteering during the Revolution, noting merchant greed, hoarding, and the impact of unbacked currency. It cites Boston merchants, Continental shortages, and measures from Congress and New England states, ending with a local Eastview Community Center fund-raiser notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathaniel Greene
Samuel Ward
Rhode Island
Continental Congress
Thomas Boylston
Boston
Congress
First
New York
New England States
Providence
R.I
New England
Abigail Adams
York
Franklin