Indentured Treasurer's Certificate

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Indentured Treasurer's Certificate

Entry/Object ID

1967.19

Description

Paper Treasurers certificate. The certificate is "No. 2885 TREASURER'S-OFFICE, Octr. 12th 1785 / THE STATE OF VERMONT acknowledge themselves indebted to / Major Barn -- Hinesburg 5/8 in the Sum of Twenty Lawful Money, which I promise, / in behalf of said STATE, to pay the said Major Barn / or Possessor, on demand; with Interest at Six per Cent. per Annum :--Said Interest / to be paid in hard Money annually, if demanded, by Virtue of an Act of Assembly, / passed at WINDSOR, February, 1783. / L29..5..8 Witness, I. Allen Treasurer." This is mostly printed, but the serial number, date, name, amount, and signature are handwritten. The back reads "Owned By Mrs - Horace H. Dyer, / Rutland VT." in a handwritten note. It is split into 2 pieces.The certificate uses the long s, an archaic form of the letter s that resembles an f without a full bar.

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

1967.19

Source or Donor

Dyer, Mrs. Edwin

Made/Created

Manufacturer

State of Vermont

Date made

1785

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Scrip

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Money, Paper

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Bond

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Money

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Order, Pay

Nomenclature Class

Exchange Media

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall (a)

Height

2-5/16 in

Width

4-1/2 in

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

2-5/16 in

Width

1-11/16 in

Material

Paper

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Allen, Ira (1751-1814)