Bill of exchange signed : Pennsylvania, 1778 Sept. 2[4]?

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Bill of exchange signed : Pennsylvania, 1778 Sept. 2[4]?

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A bill of exchange, signed by the drawer, Francis Hopkinson, as Treasurer of the United States; the drawee is the Commissioner or Commissioners of the United States at Paris; and the payee is Huntington, who has endorsed it on the back. The bill is for three hundred dollars, in fifteen hundred livres tournois, and is numbered 121. The bill is drawn to pay interest on money borrowed by the United States.

1 item (2 p.) ; 9.5 x 20.5 cm

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791

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Francis Hopkinson (October 2, 1737 [O.S. September 21, 1737] – May 9, 1791) was an American Founding Father, judge, author and composer. He designed Continental paper money and two early versions of flags, one for the United States and one for the United States Navy. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence in July 1776 as a delegate from New Jersey. Born in Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania, British America, Hopkinson received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1757 from the Col...

Fuld, James J., 1916-2008

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