Name/Title
One dollar bank note from the Hoboken Banking & Grazing Co., 1826.Entry/Object ID
2001.076.0003Description
One dollar bank (bearer) note from the Hoboken Banking & Grazing Co., issued Sept. 5, 1826. Issued to: G. Jones.
Engraved wove paper, printed on one side only with holographic ink entries; circa 7-1/4" wide x 2-7/8" high, irregularly trimmed. Serial No.[in ink] 655.
Engraver/printer as imprinted vertically next to right vignette: A.B & C. Durand Wright & Co. (More correctly listed in records as: A.B. & C. Durand, Wright & Co., New York.) [Asher Brown Durand]
Top vignette: Benjamin Franklin studying lightning. Signed in image and below by A.B. Durand, del. or sc. The two end vignette portraits are the same and not identified or signed, but the man is is known to be Lafayette.
Text:
The Hoboken Banking and Grazing Company opposite the City of New York promise to pay [ink] G. Jones or bearer One Dollar on demand Hoboken, [ink] Sept. 5th, 18 [18 printed] 26.
___________ Cash'r ______________ Pres't
(Signature lines for cashier and president are blank; Thomas C. Risk was the Cashier at this time; President was Timothy Davis.)
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It should be noted that during the period when the specie here was created, some of the notes of this bank were considered as or known to be counterfeit. PDF on file: Report of the Commissioners to Examine into the Situation and Affairs of the Hoboken Banking and Grazing Company. Trenton 1826. (See notes for original link.)
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Currency; paper money.Acquisition
Accession
2001.076Source or Donor
Russo, AnthonyAcquisition Method
DonationCredit Line
Gift of Anthony RussoMade/Created
Date made
1826 - 1826Notes
Date: 1826-1826General Notes
Note
Notes: Report of the Commissioners to Examine into the Situation and Affairs of the Hoboken Banking and Grazing Company. Trenton 1826.
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Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2008-03-27
