<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:identifier>doi:10.7916/d73s-gr83</dc:identifier><dc:title>[Document, 1775 July 31]</dc:title><dc:creator>New York (Colony). Provincial Congress</dc:creator><dc:format>correspondence</dc:format><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:subject>United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783</dc:subject><dc:subject>Jay, John, 1745-1829</dc:subject><dc:description>We need money so desperately that we must either pay our debts or disband the army and dissolve ourselves. We have spent 60,000 pounds. Please send us a distinct answer as to what we can expect in answer from the Continental Congress.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>