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Hart, John (1708-1780) New Jersey currency note no. 58335, 18 pence (or 1 shilling 6 pence).

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00184.17 Author/Creator: Hart, John (1708-1780) Place Written: Burlington, New Jersey Type: Document signed Date: 25 March 1776 Pagination: 1 currency note ; 6 x 10 cm. Order a Copy

Printed from wood cut and mounted on card. Co-signed by Robert Smith and John Sturm, Jr.

Eighteen Pence. 58335
THIS bill of ONE SHILLING and SIX-PENCE Proclamation, is emitted by a Law of Colony of New Jersey, passed in the Fourteenth Year of the Reign of his Majesty King George the Third. Dated March 25, 1776.
Eighteen Pence.
Rob Smith
John Sturm Jr.

Hart, John, 1708-1780
Smith, Robert, fl. 1776-1809
Sturm, John Jr., fl. 1776

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