Early Paper Money of America (NNP Edition)
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Continental Currency:
May 10, 1775 November 29, 1775 February 17. 1776 May 9, 1776 July 22, 1776 November 2, 1776 February 26, 1777 May 20, 1777 April 11, 1778 September 26, 1778 January 14, 1779 Indents 1782-1787 Subsistence Notes 1783 Board of Treasury 1785 Robert Morris 1781-1782 Robert Morris 1783
Connecticut:
July 12, 1709 July 12, 1709 Monogrammed AR July 12, 1709 redated May 1713 (Flowers) July 12, 1709 redated May 1713 (Scroll) December 1, 1724 November 7, 1727 1728 October May 1729 July 10, 1733 July 10, 1733 redated 1735 July 10, 1733 redated May 1740 July 10, 1733 redated July 8, 1740 on the face and July 8, 1740 on the back July 10, 1733 redated May 8, 1746 May 8, 1740 May 8, 1740 redated May 10, 1744 May 8, 1740 redated October 11, 1744 May 8, 1740 redated March 14, 1744/45 May 8, 1740 redated May 8, 1746 January 8, 1755 March 13, 1755 August 27, 1755 October 9, 1755 March 8, 1758 February 7, 1759 March 8, 1759 May 10, 1759 March 13, 1760 March 26, 1761 March 4, 1762 May 12, 1763 March 8, 1764 May 10, 1770 October 10, 1771 June 1, 1773 January 2, 1775 May 10, 1775 June 1, 1775 July 1, 1775 June 7, 1776 June 19, 1776 October 11, 1777 March 1, 1780 (June 1780) June 1, 1780 July 1. 1780
Special Issuers: 1732 New London Society (Undated) Elias Shipman 1792 Union Bank in New London 1792 August 6 and September 26 Union Bank in New London 1792 Hartford Bank 1792 etc., New Haven Bank 1794 December 3 Chamber of Commerce in New Haven 1795 Middletown Bank 1796 Norwich Bank 1796 September 12 and 1799 May 10 Norwich Bank 1799 Hartford & New Haven Turnpike
Delaware:
April 23, 1723 Act November 2, 1723 Act 1729 March 1, 1734 December 1, 1739 February 28, 1746 January 1, 1753 May 1, 1756 March 1, 1758 May 1, 1758 June 1, 1759 May 31, 1760 January 1, 1776 May 1, 1777
Special Issuers: January 1, 1777 (William Hemphill) January 8, 1777 (Caleb Sheward) April 9, 1777 (William Buchanan) 1795, etc. (Bank of Delaware)
Florida:
Special Issuers: Unknown 177-
Georgia:
1735-1750 Sola Bills 1735-1745 Oglethorpe Bills 1755 May 1, 1760 1762 March 25, 1762 July 8, 1765 1766-7 Written Dates 1768-70 Tax Certificates 1769 Lighthouse Certificates 1773 (1774) 1775 1775 Unknown Savannah Issuer 1776 and 1777 Georgia Dollar Emissions 1776 Sterling Denominations 1776 Light Blue Seal Dollar Denominations 1776 Maroon Seal 1776 Orange or Green Seal 1776 Fractional Dollar Denominations 1776 Blue-Green Seal 1776 Gold Option (1776) Undated 1777 No Resolution Date 1777 June 8, 1777 Resolution 1777 September 10, 1777 Resolution 1778 January 9, 1782 October 16, 1786
La Louisiane:
Special Emissions: Banque Generale 1716-1718 Banque Royale January 10, 1719, etc. Banque Royale January 1, 1720 Banque Royale July 1, 1720 Banque Royale September 2, 1720 Compagnie des Indies Storehouse Orders 1721-1722 Compagnie des Indies Billets de Cartes 1722-1723 Compagnie des Indies Billets de Caisse 1726, etc. Treasury Notes 1728 Billets de Cartes 1735, etc. Billet de Cartes 1750 Public Bons or Treasury Notes 1756-1763 Solde de Troupe (1760-1765) Spanish Certificates of Credit 1775, etc. Jospeh Bichot 1777-1779 Spanish Billetes April 12, 1782 Private Bons 1785-1810 Public Bons and Certificates of Debt 1789-1801 Andres Alemonester circa 1790 Spanish Billetes June 24, 1795 Reginald Loisel June 1, 1803 Samuel Solomon December 1, 1804 Francois Liberge May 2, 1805
Maryland:
1733 June 2, 1740 October 1, 1748 April 6, 1751 July 14, 1756 January 1, 1767 March 1, 1770 April 10, 1774 July 26, 1775 Session December 7, 1775 Session August 14, 1776 Session June 8, 1780 Act June 28, 1780 Act October 17, 1780 Act May 10, 1781 Act August 8, 1781
Special Issuers: 1761 June 23 Stephen West 1777 July 18 Howe & Seyl 1791, etc. Bank of Maryland 1792, etc. Bank of the United States (Baltimore Office) 1797, etc. Bank of Baltimore 1800, etc. Bank of Columbia
Massachusetts:
December 10, 1690 February 3, 1690/91 November 21, 1702 November 21, 1708 May 31, 1710 May 31, 1710 redated 1711 October 14, 1713 October 14, 1713 Low Denomination Plate October 14, 1713 Middle Denomination Plate May 26, 1714 May 26, 1714 High Denomination Plate June 1722 February 4, 1736/37 February 4, 1736/37 redated 1737 1737 January 15, 1741/42 January 15, 1741/42 redated 1742 June 20, 1744 1750 May 25, 1775 July 8, 1775 August 18, 1775 December 7, 1775 June 18, 1776 September 17, 1776 October 18, 1776 November 17, 1776 October 16, 1778 1779 May 5, 1780 Act 1781 Written Dates
Special Issuers: Private Bank 1686 John Merrett 1733 Merchant's Notes November 30, 1733 Silver Bank August 1, 1740 Manufactory Bills (Land Bank) September 9, 1740 Bank Bills May 1, 1741 Massachusetts Bank July 5, 1784, etc. Massachusetts Bank December 2, 1784 Massachusetts Bank June 21, 1785 Massachusetts Bank September 21, 1789 Massachusetts Bank 1799 Bank of the United States 1792 Union Bank 1792 Merrimack Bank 1795, etc. Nantucket Bank 1795, etc. James Leach July 1, 1796 Portland Bank 1799, etc. Essex Bank 1799, etc.
New Hampshire:
1709 May 20, 1717 May 20, 1717 backdated to 1714 May 20, 1717 redated 1717 May 20, 1717 redated 1722 May 20, 1717 redated 1729 May 20, 1717 successively redated 1724, 1725, 1726, and 1727 April 1, 1737 April 1, 1737 redated August 7, 1740 April 3, 1742 April 3, 1742 redated 1743 April 3, 1742 redated 1743 and February 1744/45 April 3, 1755 April 3, 1755 redated January 1, 1756 April 3, 1755 redated June 1, 1756 1759 March 1, 1760 January 1, 1761 May 1, 1761 (July 1) 1762 January 1, 1762 January 1, 1763 June 20, 1775 July 25, 1775 August 24, 1775 November 3, 1775 January 26, 1776 June 28, 1776 July 3, 1776 1777 with Handwritten Date April 29, 1780
Special Issuers: Merchants' Notes (December 25, 1734) Unknown Issuer (January 6, 1787) New Hampshire Bank (1792, etc.)
New Jersey:
July 1, 1709 July 14, 1711 January 24, 1716/17 March 25, 1724 March 25, 1728 March 25, 1733 March 25, 1737 July 2, 1746 May 15, 1755 September 8, 1755 January 26, 1756 June 22, 1756 April 12, 1757 June 14, 1757 November 20, 1757 May 1, 1758 October 20, 1758 April 10, 1759 April 12, 1760 April 23, 1761 April 8, 1762 December 31, 1763 April 16, 1764 February 20, 1776 March 25, 1776 June 9, 1780 Act 1781 (January 9, 1781 Act) 1784 (December 20, 1783 Act) 1786
Special Issuers: Burlington Nail Manufactory (August 29, 1787) Reuben Chadwick (May 3, 179?) W. & R. Colfax (July 4, 1794) Colhoun & Brush (August 14, 1787 and November 7, 1787) James Craft (August 6, 1776 and October 11, 1776) Isaac Craig (April 21, 1777) Borough of Elizabeth (March 25, 1790) First Presbyterian Church at Newark (December 16, 1790) Moore Furman (November 1, 1776) Hibernia Furnace (November 1, 1768) Hibernia Furnace (May 1, 1774) Azariah Hunt ((July 26, 1786 and December 3, 1787) Isaac L. Milnor (December 1, 1787) City of New Brunswick (January 7, 1791) City of New Brunswick (March 10, 1796) Corporation of Perth Amboy (February 10, 1792) Seeley & Merseilles (January 19, 1787 and December 12, 1787) Richard Smith and Samuel How (March 20, 1764) The Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures (January 1, 1794)
New York: May 31, 1709 November 1, 1709 (Shilling) November 1, 1709 (Silver) July 20, 1711 July 1, 1714 July 5, 1715 November 28, 1717 November 10, 1720 July 2, 1723 July 10, 1724 July 22, 1724 November 16, 1726 October 20, 1730 November 15, 1734 December 10, 1737 October 20, 1739 May 10, 1746 July 21, 1746 November 25, 1747 March 25, 1755 May 12, 1755 September 15, 1755 February 16, 1756 April 20, 1756 April 15, 1758 April 2, 1759 April 21, 1760 February 16, 1771 September 2, 1775 March 5, 1776 August 13, 1776 June 15, 1780 Act March 27, 1781 Act April 18, 1786 February 8, 1788
City and Private Notes (1774-1776): [New York City] August 25, 1774 August 2, 1775 January 6, 1776 March 5, 1776 [Albany City and County Commission of Correspondence] June 22, 1775 February 17, 1776 [Unknown Issuer] June 6, 1776 [Van Clee & Smith] July 5, 1776
Banking Organization Issuers: Bank of New York (1784, etc.) Bank of the United States, New York Office (1792, etc.) Bank of Albany (1792, etc.) Bank of Columbia (1793, etc.) Manhattan Company (1799, etc.)
Small Change Note Issuers (1789-1799): William Adams City of Albany N. Aldridge J.H. & W. Baker E. Bicknell & J. Becker Egbert Bogardus W. Y. Burrough Cayuga Bridge Company John Clark Constitutional Society William Cooper M. Croswill & Co. Edward Dale Daniel Davis Davis & Clark R. Davis & J. Schoonhoven Stephen Day & Son Samuel DeRiemer Genesee Company German Reformed Church of Schohary Geroge & Thomas Hale City of Hudson J. & A. Hunt Janes & Dole Corporation of Kingston Lansinghburgh Museum Lutheran Church in Schoharie C. McNeil Benijah Morris City of New York New York Manufacturing Society Ananias Platt John Portens J. Porter City of Poughkeepsie Presbyterian Congregation of Ballston Presbyterian Congregation in Troy John Prince William Radclift & Co. Reformed Dutch Church of Canajohary Reformed Dutch Church of Linlithgow Reformed Dutch Church at Schenectady Reformed Dutch Church at Stone Arabia Reformed Dutch Church in Herkemertown James Rogers Isaac Schultz Shepard & Allen David Smith Society of Mechanics at Hudson Solomon Tryon Union Society Walsh & Loudon Walsh & McAuley F. W. Wood Insufficiently Identified
North Carolina:
1712/13 1715 October 19, 1722 Act November 27, 1729 Act 1734/35 1735 April 4, 1748 March 9, 1754 1756-57 May 28, 1757 November 21, 1757 Session Act May 4, 1758 December 22, 1758 Act July 14, 1760 Act April 23, 1761 Act December 1768 Act December 1771 Act August 21, 1775 Session Act April 2, 1776 1778 (August 8, 1778 Act) May 15, 1779 Act 1780 (April 17, 1780 Session Act) May 10, 1780 Act May 17, 1783 Act December 29, 1785 Act
Special Issuers: William Borden (c. 1737-1747) James Murray (1757 with Written Date) Joseph Ross (January 1800, etc.)
Northwest Territory:
Compagnie de Scioto 1790 Robert Taitt 1793 Northwest Territory (circa 1800)
Pennsylvania:
April 2, 1723 January 17, 1723/24 March 25, 1726 September 15, 1729 April 10, 1731 August 10, 1739 August 1, 1744 August 1, 1746 May 16, 1749 October 1, 1755 January 1, 1756 October 1, 1756 March 10, 1757 July 1, 1757 May 20, 1758 April 25, 1759 June 21, 1759 May 1, 1760 June 18, 1764 June 15, 1767 March 1, 1769 March 10, 1769 March 20, 1771 April 3, 1772 March 20, 1773 October 1, 1773 March 25, 1775 April 10, 1775 July 20, 1775 October 25, 1775 December 8, 1775 April 25, 1776 April 10, 1777 in Black April 10, 1777 in Red and Black April 29, 1780 June 1, 1780 April 20, 1781 March 21, 1783 Act March 16, 1785 Act
Special Issuers: Evan Morgan (June 1729) Joseph Gray (May 1746) Philadelphia Merchants (December 1766) Ignace Labate (October 25, 1775) Large & Hartshorne (March 25, 1776) George Slake (January 14, 1777) Joseph Ogden (January 18, 1777) William Milnor (January 20, 1777) Joseph Sommerville (February 1, 1777) Robert Morris (1781-82, etc.) Bank of North America First Style (1782, etc.) Bank of North America Second Style (1782, etc.) Bank of North America Third Style (1782, etc.) Robert Morris (1785-1786) Bank of North America (August 6, 1789) John Wray and James Lamberton (September 5, 1789) William Peterson (October 1, 1789) Fred Hubley (December 13, 1789) Peter Morgan (December 16, 1789) John Calder (December 16, 1789) Philip Boehm (circa 1789) Fishing Committee (July 15, 1791) Bank of the United States First Type (1791, etc.) Bank of the United States Second Type (1791, etc.) Bank of the United States Third Type (1791, etc.) Bank of the United States Post Notes (1791, etc.) Bank of the United States Branch Offices (1791, etc.) Delaware and Schuylkill Canal Navigation Company (March 1793, etc.) Bank of Pennsylvania (March 1793, etc.)
Rhode Island:
August 16, 1710 July 5, 1715 July 5, 1715 redated 1721 July 5, 1715 redated 1724 July 5, 1715 redated 1726 June 14, 1726 July 5, 1715 / June 14, 1726 both redated 1728 July 5, 1715 / June 14, 1726 both redated 1731 July 5, 1715 / June 14, 1726 both redated 1733 July 5, 1715 redated 1737 August 15, 1737 August 15, 1737 redated 1738 August 22, 1738 December 2, 1740 February 2, 1741/42 February 14, 1743/44 February 14, 1743/44 redated 1744/45 February 14, 1743/44 redated 1745 February 14, 1743/44 redated 1746 February 14, 1743/44 redated 1746/47 February 14, 1743/44 redated 1747/48 March 18, 1750/51 March 18, 1750/51 redated 1755 February 27, 1756 August 1756 May 8, 1758 December 23, 1758 March 15, 1759 April 4, 1759 June 23, 1759 March 10, 1760 May 12, 1760 March 20, 1762 April 10, 1762 May 8, 1762 November 1, 1762 March 1, 1766 February 28, 1767 May 3, 1775 June 16, 1775 June 29, 1775 November 6, 1775 January 15, 1776 March 18, 1776 September 5, 1776 1777 Written Dates May 22, 1777 1778-9 Written Dates June 1780 July 2, 1780 October 1782 May 1786 Providence Bank 1791, etc. Bank of Rhode Island 1795, etc. Bank of Bristol 1800, etc. Washington Bank 1800, etc. / August 22, 1800
South Carolina:
May 8, 1703 Act July 5, 1707 Act February 14, 1707/08 Act April 24, 1708 Act March 1, 1710/11 Act November 10, 1711 Act June 7, 1712 Act August 27, 1715 Act March 24, 1715/16 Act June 30, 1716 Act August 4, 1716 Act February 20, 1718/19 Act June 18, 1720 Act December 10, 1720 Act 1723 1731 August 20, 1731 Act March 5, 1736/37 Act April 5, 1740 Act September 19, 1740 Act June 30, 1748 1750-1769 Written Dates May 16, 1752 Act July 6, 1757 Act 1760 First Issue 1760 Second Issue July 25, 1761 May 29, 1762 Act 1767 Written Dates January 1, 1770 April 7, 1770 April 10, 1774 June 1, 1775 June 10, 1775 November 15, 1775 Order March 6, 1776 Resolve October 19, 1776 Ordinance 1777 (December 23, 1776 act) February 14, 1777 April 10, 1778 February 8, 1779 Ordinance 1786 May 1, 1786 1787 1788
Special Issuers: Traders and Planters Bank (1730) Promissory Notes of Citizens (April-May 1775) Thomas Elfe (Undated) William Baird (Undated) Henry Patrick (December 1, 1775) City of Charleston (1786) City of Charleston (1788) City of Charleston (July 6, 1789) Bank of South Carolina, Pound Issue (1792, etc.) Bank of the United States (Charleston Office, 1792, etc.) City of Charleston (October 9, 1793) Bank of South Carolina, Dollar Issue (After 1793)
Vermont:
Virginia:
June 1755 December 11, 1755 March 1756 June 8, 1757 April 12, 1758 October 12, 1758 April 5, 1759 November 21, 1759 March 11, 1760 May 24, 1760 April 7, 1762 1770 (November 7, 1769 Act) July 11, 1771 April 1, 1773 James River Bank Forms March 4, 1773 Act (September 1773) July 17, 1775 Ordinance Small Size Notes July 17, 1775 Ordinance Large Size Notes September 1, 1775 James River Bank Forms May 6, 1776 Ordinance October 7, 1776 May 5, 1777 October 20, 1777 May 4, 1778 Act with Handwritten Date May 4, 1778 Act with Printed Date October 5, 1778 May 3, 1779 May 1, 1780 Act with Handwritten Date July 14, 1780 July 25, 1780 October 16, 1780 Act with Printed Back October 16, 1780 Act for Clothing the Army March 1, 1781 May 7, 1781
Special Issuers: F. James Doudas, May 5, 1777 John Hough, Jr. (Undated) John King January 1, 1778 Robert Morris 1785-1786 Bank of Alexandria, 1793, etc. Bank of the United States (Norfolk Office) 1795, etc.