Paper Bond of Massachusetts Committee of War, United States/Massachusetts Bay, 1778. 0000.999.59149

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/0000.999.59149

Physical Description

  • Axis: 0
  • Color: black

  • Measurements

    • Height: 185
    • Width: 169
  • SerialNumber: 1357
  • Shape: Rectangle

Typological Description

  • Object Type: Bond
  • Date: 1778

  • Date on Object

    • Date: December 22, 1778
  • Manufacture: Printed
  • Material: Paper

  • Authority

  • Geographic

  • Obverse

    • Legend: STATE of Massachusetts-Bay. The 22d Day of Decr 1778. | FOR Value received for the Use of the State of the MASSACHUSETTS-BAY, I do in Behalf of 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 Forty Pounds \ upon the First Day of March 1783, with \ Interest at Six per Cent. per Annum; the Interest to be \ paid Annually. | Witness my Hand, \ Treasurer. | Committee. | Comm'tte WAR.
    • Type: Decorative borders

Administrative History

  • Identifier: 0000.999.59149
  • Department: North American
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

Subjects

  • Series: Massachusetts--Bond

Notes

  • Patriotic Loan Certificate for £40. Issue of May 7, 1777? Payable March 1, 1783.

Rights

  • CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
  • License: Public Domain Mark (images)
  • Rights: No Copyright - United States