Indented Treasurer's Certificate

Name/Title

Indented Treasurer's Certificate

Entry/Object ID

1991.48.9

Description

Rectangular paper money issued by the State of Vermont. The bill consists of a white rectangle of paper with cut edges on the top and bottom and torn edges of the two sides; the right is torn straight, but the left is torn quite roughly in a wavy pattern. It is printed with a decorative floral border and the printed inscription, "No. [694] STATE OF VERMONT, TREASURER'S OFFICE, Sunderland, [Sept. 17th, 1785] THIS ORDER will be received into the treafury for the fum of [Fortysix Pounds 10/3 ====] of either the collectors of a tax, granted by the legiflature at the feffion in Bennington, in March, 1784, of two pence on the pound. [£46..10..3] Witnefs, [I. Allen] Treafurer." with the bracketed text handwritten in ink.

Context

Issued by the State of Vermont for paying soldiers on credit during and shortly following the Revolutionary War. The certificates were redeemed by matching the the wavy-torn side of the certificate to the corresponding torn stub, kept by the State.

Acquisition

Accession

1991.48

Source or Donor

Partridge, Sanborn (1915-2013)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1785

Place

City

Sunderland

County

Bennington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Bond

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Order, Pay

Nomenclature Class

Exchange Media

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

2-11/16 in

Width

7 in

Material

Paper

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Allen, Ira (1751-1814)

Related Events

Event

American Revolutionary War