Currency

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Currency

Entry/Object ID

VC.2005.35

Description

A seven dollar Rhode Island legal tender bill of credit: Front side has borders on four sides; top border has "SEUEN" (a fleur-de-lis icon)"DOLLARS"; right border is a repeated nested triangle design with "7"(flower icon)"D" on a dark ground halfway down; bottom border is a ribbon and urn combination; left border background has both dark areas and a repeated triangle design with "Seven Dollars(in script)" and a shift in the top half of the letters to the right about 1/16"; 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 "520" in dark brown ink and rows of print "Seven Dollars. / The Possessor(in script) of this Bill shall be paid / SEVEN Spanish milled(in script) DOLLARS by the Thirty- / first Day of December(in script), One Thousnd Seven Hundred and / Eighty-six, with Interest in like Money, at the Rate of / Five per centum per Annum(in script), by the State of Rhode-Island / and Providence Plantations(in script), according to an Acˆt of the / Legislature of the said State, of the Second Day of July(in script),1780."; below on the bottom left corner within a border of circles and dots is printed in three rows "Interest(in script). s. d. q. / Annually, 2 1 1 / Monthly, 0 2 0 1/2"; next to this are the signitures "A Comstock" in dark brown ink and "M Bowler" in red ink;on back the top border is a leafy swirl with a clear banner containing "THE UNITED STATES / SEVEN DOLLARS" on a red ink rectangle; right and left borders are vine wrapped staffs; bottom border is a clear banner on a leafy swirl with "THE UNITED STATES"; in center on a dark background with hand drawn leaf shapes and loops is a circular emblem with a red ink square and the image of a storm at sea with the motto "SERENABIT (It will clear up)"; below center print in rows is "Printed by HALL and SELLERS. / The United States ensure the Payment / of the within BILL, and will draw Bills / of Exchange for the Interest annually, if de- / manded, according to a Resolution of CON- / GRESS, of the 18th of March, 1780."; below this is the signiture of the guaranty signer "Jonˆa Arnold".

Collection

Van Cortlandt Manor Object Collection

Made/Created

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 ink from signiture has seeped through making a 1/4" diameter discolored spot; small paper loss notch on right border at 1 13/16" from top edge; on back ink from front first signiture has seeped through leaving a 1/4" diameter spot; 1/2" scotch tape pieces on left border at 5/8" and 3 1/8" from top edge; surface discoloration.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Adam Comstock

Notes

Signer

Person or Organization

Metcalf Bowler

Notes

Signer

Person or Organization

Jonathon Arnold

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