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DateJanuary 15, 1777
Dimensions20.31 × 15.86 cm (8 × 6 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Cummings Davis Society (2007)
Object number2007.22.16A,B
DescriptionLetterpress and manuscript on paper, detached into two pieces (a,b). Continental promissory note (bond) from Massachusetts Bay Colony. American Revolution. "No. 5243....For Value Received for the Use of the State of Massachusetts Bay, I do in Behalf of the said State, hereby promise and oblige myself, and Successors in the Office of Treasurer, to pay to the Possessor of this Note the Sum of Ten Pounds, on the Sixth Day of December 1780, with Interest at Six per Cent...." Signed H. Gardner, Treasurer. Also signed by Wm. Cooper and N. Appleton (Committee).
Object number: 2007.22.6
August 19, 1779
Object number: D1700.8
May 5, 1780