Currency

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Currency

Entry/Object ID

VC.2005.31

Description

A eight dollar Rhode Island legal tender bill of credit: Front side has borders on four sides; top border has "EIGHT 8 DOLLARS" with a black background to "8"; right border is a flower and leafy cut; bottom border is a staff wrapped with a vine; left border( on a dark background) is "EIGHT DOLLARS"(in script); paper contains mica flakes and blue fibers and a watermark "CONFEDE / RATION"; under top border are two rows of print over a straight line "STATE of Rhode-Island and / Providence Plantations."; below is handwritten currency number "1035" in red ink and rows of print "EIGHT DOLLARS. / THE Possessor(in script) of this Bill(in script) shall be paid / Eight Spanish milled(in script) DOLLARS by the Thirty-first / Day of December, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eigh- / ty-six(in script), with Interest in like Money, at the Rate of Five / per Centum per Annum(in script), by the State of Rhode-Island(in script) and / Providence(in script) Plantations, according to an acˆt of the Legisla- / ture of the said State, of the Second Day of July(in script), 1780."; below on the bottom left corner within a floral border is printed in three rows "Interest. s. d. q. / Annually, 2 4 3 / Monthly, 0 2 1 1/2"; next to this are signitures (the first in red ink is not identified at this time) and the second in brown ink is "M Bowler"; on back the top border has a red ink rectangle over a leafy scroll with "THE UNITED STATES / EIGHT DOLLARS"; right and left borders have a staff wrapped with a vine; bottom border has "THE UNITED STATES" on a banner; in center on a dark lined background is a circular emblem of a harp with thirteen strings within red ink and the motto "MAJORA MINORIBUS CONSONANT (The larger are in harmony with the smaller)"; below center print in rows is "THe UNITED STATES ensure the Pay- / ment of the within Bill, and will draw / Bills of Exchange for the Interest annually, / if demanded, according to a Resolution of / CONGRESS of the 18th of March, 1780. / Printed by HALL and SELLERS."; the guaranty signer is "Jos Clarke".

Collection

Van Cortlandt Manor Object Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Henry Dawkins

Attribution

Engraver

Manufacturer

Hall & Sellers

Notes

Date made: July 2,1780

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

(See Description)

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

2-3/4 in

Width

3-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 2 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (7 x 8.9 cm)

Material

Paper (laid), ink, mica flakes, blue fibers, watermark

Condition

Notes

Remarks: On front: some ink from signiture on back has seeped through paper; on back ink from front signiture has also seeped through; on left border 1/2" scotch tape pieces at 3/8" and 3" from top edge; surface discoloration.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Metcalf Bowler

Notes

Signer

Person or Organization

Joseph Clarke

Notes

Signer

Person or Organization

Unknown

Notes

Signer

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Notes

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General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Source: Box files to SS from PCR 1951-52. Accessioned July 15, 2005; acquired before; Found in Map drawer at Bellwood. General reference information on Colonial currency is in file folder VC.2005.12

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 29B

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial