On View
Not on viewTwelve-shilling Note
DateMay 25, 1775
Terms
- Bank Notes
- Ink
- Paper
- Boston
Dimensions8.1 × 17.3 cm (3 3/16 × 6 13/16 in.)
Credit Line12-Shilling Note, engraved by Paul Revere, Boston, MA, 1775. Concord Museum Collection, Gift of Mr. Russell Hawes Kettell; D424.
Object numberD424
DescriptionLetterpress and manuscript on paper. Treasury note (bond) from Colony of Massachusetts Bay Number 578 Dated May 25, 1775. Guarantees possessor sum of 12 shillings lawful money on May 25, 1776 with interest. Signed Abr (Abraham) Fuller, Henry Gardner (two x's over name). Design possibly engraved by Paul Revere. Revolutionary War.
Collections
- American Revolutionary War
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