Currency

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Currency

Entry/Object ID

VC.2005.32

Description

A three dollar Rhode Island legal tender bill of credit: Front side has borders on four sides; top border has a lined ground rectangle with a infinity-on-diamond symbol at each end and "THREE" star symbol "DOLLARS"; right border is a banner and geometric design; bottom border is a staff wrapped with a vine; left border has banner and geometric design and lined ground on which is "Three 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 "667" in red ink and rows of print "Three Dollars. / The possessor of this Bill(in script) shall be paid / THREE Spanish milled DOLLARS by the Thir- / ty-first Day of December, One Thousand Seven Hundred / and Eighty-six, with Interest in like Money, at the Rate / of Five per Centum per Annum, 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, 1780."; below on the bottom left corner within a border of flowers is printed in three rows"Interest.(in script) s. d. q. / Annually, 0 10 3 / Monthly, 0 0 3 1/2"; next to this are the signitures "C Harris" in red ink and "M Bowler" in brown ink; on back the top border has a red ink rectangle with "THE UNITED STATES"(in script and with three spiral lines) and "III" in upper right corner; right border is a ribbon and urn combination; left border has bound arrows; bottom border has a leafy edged rectangle with "THE·UNITED·STATES" with dark ellipses at begining and end containing( in script) "Three" and "Dollars"; in center on a dark ground with hand drawn geometric shapes(perhaps 13 blocks) is a circular emblem with a red ink square and the image of an eagle and a heron fighting with the motto "EXITUS IN DUBIO (The outcome is in doubt)"; 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(in script), 1780."

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 a 3/"x1/4" raised paper spot due to glue(?) and its boundary edge is visible on back as surface print loss; on back 1/2" scotch tape on left border at 3/4" and 3 1/8" from top edge; surface discoloration.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Metcalf Bowler

Notes

Signer

Person or Organization

Caleb Harris

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