[Rarebooks] fs: Two Colonial/Revolutionary War paper items

[Back Creek Books]

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(No. 1783 )  [Continental Army, Connecticut] Reuben Sharp. REVOLUTIONARY WAR 
PAY VOUCHER.
Hartford: , 1782. Fine.
      Single pre-printed sheet with specifics filled in by hand, measuring 
approximately 7" x 6.5". Reads as follows (handwritten words in all caps): 
"Hartford, MARCH 13TH 1783 / Received, of Pay-Table-Committee, their Order 
on the Treasurer of this State, to secure the Payment of SEVENTEEN POUNDS 
AND FIVE SHILLINGS,  being the balance due to REUBEN SHARP on the first Day 
of January 1782, as stated by the Committees of the State and of the Army. 
IN BEHALF OF REUBEN SHARP / £ 17..18 / BENJAMIN WISE." This is a typical 
example of a Continental Army soldier signing his pay over to someone else 
in exchange  for goods or services. Reverse side shows where this voucher 
was recorded in the official record (Vol. 4 Fol. 214). Part of the paper's 
watermark is visible. Very clean and bright.    $150.00
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(No. 8856 )  [Maryland] Eddis, William and John Clapham (Signers). ONE 
DOLLAR MARYLAND COLONIAL CURRENCY, 1774, INDENTED BILL PRINTED BY ANNE 
CATHERINE GREEN AND FREDERICK GREEN, ENGRAVED BY THOMAS SPARROW.
Annapolis: , 1774. Very good.
      This is an original Colonial Maryland paper dollar from the issue of 
April 10, 1774. The first money in the world to use "dollar" as a unit of 
value had been issued by Maryland in 1767. The signers on this note are John 
Clapham and William Eddis, the latter being he who published "Letters From 
America" in England after the Revolutionary War. This bill is #1296 of the 
$1 denomination and was printed by Anne Catherine Green and her son, 
Frederick Green in Annapolis. The engraving was done by Thomas Sparrow. The 
anti-counterfeit nature print on the back is from the process invented by 
Benjamin Franklin, and is unchanged from the issue 1767. The inverted 
initials of Mrs. Green's late husband, Jonas Green, appear across one of the 
leaf prints. The bill measures approximately 62 x 113mm and exhibits normal 
circulation wear.    $125.00
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