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One dollar bank note from the Hoboken Banking & Grazing Co., 1826.
Object/Artifact
One dollar bank (bearer) note from the Hoboken Banking & Grazing Co., issued Sept. 5, 1826. Issued to: G. Jones.
Engraved wove paper, printed on one side only with holographic ink entries; circa 7-1/4" wide x 2-7/8" high, irregularly trimmed. Serial No.[in ink] 655.
Engraver/printer as imprinted vertically next to right vignette: A.B & C. Durand Wright & Co. (More correctly listed in records as: A.B. & C. Durand, Wright & Co., New York.) [Asher Brown Durand]
Top vignette: Benjamin Franklin studying lightning. Signed in image and below by A.B. Durand, del. or sc. The two end vignette portraits are the same and not identified or signed, but the man is is known to be Lafayette.
Text:
The Hoboken Banking and Grazing Company opposite the City of New York promise to pay [ink] G. Jones or bearer One Dollar on demand Hoboken, [ink] Sept. 5th, 18 [18 printed] 26.
___________ Cash'r ______________ Pres't
(Signature lines for cashier and president are blank; Thomas C. Risk was the Cashier at this time; President was Timothy Davis.)
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It should be noted that during the period when the specie here was created, some of the notes of this bank were considered as or known to be counterfeit. PDF on file: Report of the Commissioners to Examine into the Situation and Affairs of the Hoboken Banking and Grazing Company. Trenton 1826. (See notes for original link.)
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Currency; paper money.
2001.076.0003
2001.076
Russo, Anthony
Donation
Gift of Anthony Russo
1826 - 1826
Date: 1826-1826
Notes: Report of the Commissioners to Examine into the Situation and Affairs of the Hoboken Banking and Grazing Company. Trenton 1826. internet URL: http://books.google.com/books?id=xoBKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA10&lpg=PA10&dq=hoboken+banking+%26+grazing+president&source=bl&ots=e-QXHeFyUm&sig=NHIMhHzleoLXOUXXhAMAhIx99Kg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XY72UfjOEoe84AP27YDoAg&ved=0CDoQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=hoboken%20banking%20%26%20grazing%20president&f=false Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2008-03-27