Item 27: Three Dollar Note, Pennsylvania Continental Currency, Printed by [David] Hall & Sellers, 1776 May 9
Item — Box: 16, Folder: 27
Dates
- Created: 1776 May 9
Creator
- Hall and Sellers (Organization)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Currency.
Condition Note:
Poor. The paper is scuffed and torn, with the ink heavily faded.
Measurements:
4 ⅛ in. x 2 ⅞ in.
Location:
Philadelphia, Pa.
Transcription:
FRONT: All text in bold is printed.
THREE DOLLAR
Philadelphia: PRINTER BY
Hall & Sellers. 1776
BACK:
THREE Dollars No.77900
THIS bill entitles the
BEARER to receive
Three Spanish milled
Dollars, or the Value
Thereof in Gold or Silver,
According to a Resolution
Of CONGRESS passed,
At Philadelphia, May 9,
1776.
Marter
Duans THREE DOLLARS.
Creator
- Hall and Sellers (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository
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84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu