Currency

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Currency

Entry/Object ID

VC.2005.18

Description

Engraved one-ninth of a dollar Maryland currency bill: Front side has border on four sides; top border has a leaf and horizontal line pattern with "TS" at center and blocks on either side with "MARY" and "LAND"; right border has same pattern with block "1/9 of DOLLAR" over row of script "S"s; bottom border is a row of flowers; left border is a leaf scroll and rinceau pattern; underneath of this is "ONE NINTH OF A DOLLAR"; there are mica flakes in paper; under top border is the handwritten currency number "No 18536" in parenthesis and these rows of text; "One Ninth of a DOLLAR. / THIs Indented BILL of One / Ninth of a Dollar, shall en itle the / Bearer hereof to rceieve Bills of EX- / CHANGE payable in London, or Gold / and SILVER, at the Rate of Four / Shillings and Sixpence Ster ling per / Dollar for the said BILL, ac cording / to the Directions of an Act of Assem- / bly of Maryland. Dated in Annapolis: this tenth Day of April / ANNO DOMINI 1774." Separating parts of the text indicated here by spaces after en-Bills-London-Rate-Ster-ac-Act is the Thomas Sparrow seal of Maryland; a man with a shovel stands to the left of an armorial crest with another man standing holding a fish to the right; underneath is "CRESCITE ET MULTIPLICAMINI (Increase and multiply)"; at bottom of text are the signitures "W Eddis" and "J Clapham"; on back is a nature print of a fern leaf with "IG" on stem; at top "Printed by ANNE CATHERINE and F. GREEN"; on right side " 'Tis Death to Counerfeit"; at bottom "ONE NINTH of a DOLLAR Equal to 6d. Sterling" on left side border "ANNAPOLIS,"

Collection

Van Cortlandt Manor Object Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Anne Catherine Green

Attribution

Printer

Artist

Jonas Green

Attribution

Artist

Artist

Frederick Green

Attribution

Printer

Artist

Thomas Sparrow

Attribution

Engraver

Date made

Apr 10, 1774

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description.

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

2-1/2 in

Width

4-5/8 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 2 1/2 x 4 5/8 in. (6.4 x 11.7 cm)

Material

Paper (laid), ink, mica flakes

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Two vertical creases at 2 3/16" and 3 7/16" from left edge; 1/32" paper loss notches at ends of first crease; 1/16" diameter hole on left border at 3/4" down; two notches of 1/32" along top edge at 3 1/4" from left edge; 1/16" diameter hole at 1 5/8" from left edge and 2 5/16" down; two ~1/16" holes at 2 5/8" from left and 2 1/4" down; two holes of 1/32" diameter at 3 5/8" from left edge and 1 3/4" down; two more at 3 13/16" from left and 2 1/16" down; 1/32" diameter hoel on right edge at 1 1/16" down; 1/4"x1/4" irregular loss at 4 1/4" from left and 13/16" down; On back at top edge 3/4"x1/8" tape at 1/2" on center and 3/4"x1/8" tape aat 4 1/16" from left edge; 5/16" glue residue on left border; overall surface discoloration.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

John Clapham

Notes

Signer

Person or Organization

William Eddis

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