Roberts, Edward, fl. 1918 [Workhouse issue of colonial currency].

GLC01980.05.01

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GLC#
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Type
Documents
Date
April 10, 1775
Author/Creator
Roberts, Edward, fl. 1918
Title
[Workhouse issue of colonial currency].
Place Written
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pagination
1 p. :
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

Cosigned by Job Bacon and Lindsay Coats. Two Pound Ten Shilling note; also listed as fifty shillings. Issued by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania. Printed in red and black by Hall and Sellers in Philadelphia. The back contains an engraving of the Walnut Street Workhouse (jail) in Philadelphia, which caused the note to be called the Workhouse issue.

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