CONGRESS CONSIDERS REGULATING PRICE OF SALT
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (JFK+50) On May 28, 1776, the Second Continental Congress considered a mode for regulation of the price of salt.
It seems that some colonists with large quantities of salt were taking "undue advantage of the recommendation of Congress to desist from any further regulation of the prices of merchandise by demanding an extravagant price for that necessary article."
The Congress also resolved that Colonel Turbutt Francis* attend the next conference with the Indians and assist in interpreting for them.
*Turbutt Francis (1740-1782 or 1797) was one of the 1st justices in Northumberland County, PA & was appointed a commissioner of Indian Affairs of the Northern Department in 1775.
SOURCE
"Second Continental Congress: May 28, 1776," The American Founding, www.americanfunding.org/
