Indentured Treasurer's Certificate

Banknote

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Indentured Treasurer's Certificate

Entry/Object ID

1967.97

Description

Paper scrip with the inscription, "No. [609] State of Vermont, Treasurer's Office, Sunderland, [July 16th, 1785]. This Order will be received into treasury for the sum of [Eighteen pounds ten shillings] of either of the collectors of a tax, granted by the legislature at their session in Bennington, in March, 1784, of two pence on the pound. Witness, [I. Allen] Treasurer."

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

1967.97

Source or Donor

Rugg, Harold Goddard (1883-1957)

Acquisition Method

Bequest

Made/Created

Bureau

State of Vermont

Date made

1785

Place of Origin

City

Sunderland

County

Bennington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

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

Height

6-5/8 in

Width

3-1/8 in

Composition

Material

Paper

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Allen, Ira (1751-1814)