Name/Title
Currency and Banknotes from Groton & StoningtonEntry/Object ID
2026.040.067Description
Collection of banknotes, currency, checks and promissory notes issued by local banking institutions, 1782-1862.
*60 pound note issued by the State of Connecticut Treasury to John Wheeler Geer of Stonington, February 1, 1781. Hand written notes on the back record interest paid between February 1782 and February 1789.
*5 pound, 9 pence note issued by the State of Connecticut Treasury to Col. Nathan Gallup of Groton, February 1, 1781. Hand written notes on the back record interest paid between February 1782 and February 1789.
*50 pound note issued by the State of Connecticut Treasury to Amos Leeds of Groton, February 1, 1781. Hand written notes on the back record interest paid between February 1782 and February 1789.
*check made out to Capt. William Beck by Charles Williams from the Stonington Bank, November 25, 1839
*10 cent voucher issued by the Mystic River Bank (formerly located at 54 West Main Street, Mystic) to the Mystic Union Association, October 24, 1862. Stamped on the back: "Groton Savings Bank, Mystic River, Conn."
*10 cent voucher issued by the Mystic Bridge Bank (formerly located on East Main Street, Mystic) to Isaac W. Denison & Co., October 20, 1862
*page of blank checks issued by the Mystic Bank (formerly located in Old Mystic, CT), 1860s
*check made out to "Self" by Noyes B. Meech, from the New London Bank, July 2, 1873. The two cent stamp in the upper left corner has been cut out.
*check made out to Rufus Fitch by Noyes B. Meech, from the New London Bank, July 22, 1873. Includes handwritten list of accounts on the back.
*blank check issued by the First National Bank of Mystic Bridge (formerly located on East Main Street, Mystic), 1800s
*10 dollar currency note from the Stonington Bank, undated
*page of 1 dollar and 2 dollar currency notes from the Stonington Bank, undated.Collection
Carol Kimball CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2026.040Source or Donor
Carol KimballAcquisition Method
TransferMade/Created
Date made
1871 - circa 1873Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Money, PaperNomenclature Secondary Object Term
Check, BankNomenclature Primary Object Term
MoneyNomenclature Primary Object Term
Order, PayNomenclature Class
Exchange MediaNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
American Revolution, Revolutionary WarProvenance
Notes
Part of a collection of records collected by Carol Kimball during her tenure as the Town of Groton Historian; given to the Groton Historical Society following her death; stored for several years at the Avery Copp Museum; donated to the Groton Public Library 2026
