Confederate States of America currency collection, 1858-1864 and 1913.

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Confederate States of America currency collection, 1858-1864 and 1913.

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One typed letter (1913) from Franklin MacVeagh, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, to the Lawrence Public Library; 24 Confederate bills (1861-1864); one State of Indiana bill (1858); and one facsimile. The assortment of Confederate notes was given to the library, as historic relics, to be used for exhibition purposes. The bills were confiscated by the War Dept., at the end of the Civil War and turned over to the U.S. Treasury Dept. in 1867.

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Lawrence Public Library

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Lawrence Public Library

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United States. Department of the Treasury

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The Department of the Treasury was created by an act of Congress (1 Stat. 65), approved September 2, 1789. The orginal act established the Department to superintend the manage the National finances. This act charged the Secretary of the Treasury with the preparation of plans for the improvement and management of the revenue and the support of public credit. It further provided that the Secretary should prescribe the forms for keeping and rendering all manner of public accounts and for the ma...

Lawrence Public Library

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Franklin Library Association incorporated in 1855; in 1872 its library and funds turned over to the city of Lawrence and Lawrence Free Public Library was organized; later renamed Lawrence Public Library. From the description of Lawrence Public Library scrapbook, 1984-2000. (Lawrence Public Library). WorldCat record id: 166428657 AFranklin Library Association incorporated in 1855; in 1872 its library and funds were turned over to the City of Lawrence and the Lawrence Free Pub...

MacVeagh, Franklin, 1837-1934

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Lawyer, businessman, and U.S. secretary of the treasury. From the description of Franklin MacVeagh papers, 1799-1933 (bulk 1909-1913). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78802204 Biographical Note 1837, Nov. 22 Born near Phoenixville, Chester County, Pa. 1862 A.B., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. ...