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Woman's Independent Government Currency, $10, The United States Church.
1868
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Metadata
- Publisher
- Chicago : [s.n.], n.d. [ca. 1868]
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Women's rights—United States—History—19th century
- Church and state—United States—History—19th century
- Broadsides—Illinois—Chicago—1868
- Broadsides—United States—19th century—Specimens
- Bonds—Illinois—Chicago—19th century—Specimens
- Illinois—Chicago—History—19th century
- Chicago—History—19th century
- Printed ephemera—United States—19th century—Specimens
- Ephemera—19th century
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Woman's Independent Government Currency, $10, The United States Church.
- Call Number
- D Middle 84/GC179/Box 01/Oversize GA 2012.02762
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dc5m60r638k
- Publisher
- Chicago : [s.n.], n.d. [ca. 1868]
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1868
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 12.6 x 21.2 cm.
- References
- See The Kindgom of Woman, New York Times, 1868/08/26.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Unidentified Artist [printer]
- Medium: Engravings
- Inscribed in plate: "The United States Church. This Church Note, stamped, numbered, and registered, is receivable for all debts, and redeemable at the end of Womans' struggle for independence; said Currency being equivalent to a bond, or ten dollars in gold, deposited in the Treasury of the First National Church, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Locke Whittier Buffum, President."
- Depiction, verso: What looks like a Masonic symbol (calipers and square within a triangle within a square within a circle). Inscribed at top of circle: "Lord the Mother"; "God the Father" is to the right; "Christ the Son", below; "Soul the Daughter" at left. Above circle is printed "United States Church. Government Stamp."
- Item description: Currency issued by an association of men and women devoted to creating a new government, led by women, headquartered in Chicago.
- Unsigned.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Women's rights—United States—History—19th century
- Church and state—United States—History—19th century
- Broadsides—Illinois—Chicago—1868
- Broadsides—United States—19th century—Specimens
- Bonds—Illinois—Chicago—19th century—Specimens
- Illinois—Chicago—History—19th century
- Chicago—History—19th century
- Printed ephemera—United States—19th century—Specimens
- Ephemera—19th century
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
-
https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/117f3279-d252-4038-9be6-c1ded9cb2b9b/manifest