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Title
Colony of the Massachusetts Bay. No. [4411] The [23] day of [Aug] A.D. 1775 : Borrowed and received of [Eben. Marvin] the sum of [Eight pounds] lawfull money for the use and service of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay, and in behalf of said Colony, I do hereby promise and oblige myself and successors in the Office of Treasurer, or Receiver General, to repay ...
Call Number
E Row 2/GC053/Box 02/Normal GA 2024.04533
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc6t053w88n
Publisher
[Massachusetts] : [Treasury office], [1775].
Language
English
Date Created
1775
Format
Book
Extent
1 sheet ([1] page) : illustrations ; 20 x 17 cm
References
Brigham, C.S. Paul Revere's engravings page 214, plate 73
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Engraved note of credit, filled out in manuscript, signed by Henry Gardner, and countersigned at the left by Daniel Hopkins, Thomas Mill, and Dummer Jewett. Verso docketed: "Hon Peleg Coffin Esq [illegible] May 1, 1787." Three holes punched in center of sheet.
Image at left edge: a codfish, a man, and monogram "CMB" bordered with Chippendale style flourishes. Printed below image: "American Paper." Image is trimmed on the left margin.

Discovery Information

Subject
Promissory notes—Massachusetts—Specimens

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/4d3dfeff-217a-4acd-974a-a02b7c7c729d/manifest