Battle of Bunker Hill coin and dollar, 1773-1777.

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Battle of Bunker Hill coin and dollar, 1773-1777.

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1773 Spanish milled silver dollar (modified pillar series), stained with blood from the Battle of Bunker Hill, enclosed in a frame with a note signed by Nathaniel Greenough. The note explains that the dollar was taken from a "British soldier's woman" by Greenough's sister Hannah a few days after the battle in 1775. Also includes a tax bill to Greenough, 1777.

1 narrow box.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7757340

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Greenough, Hannah.

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Greenough, Nathaniel, 1750-1817

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