2022-11 Raynors HCA Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/18/2022
1780, MA. Anderson MA 20. Early American state bond bearing 6% interest payable "in the current money...in a greater or less sum, according as Five bushels of CORN, Sixty-eight Pounds and four-sevenths Parts of a Pound of BEEF, Ten Pounds of SHEEPSWOOL, and Sixteen Pounds of SOLE LEATHER shall then cost, more or less than ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY POUNDS current money..." Issued to Capt. Adam Wheeler though not signed. Wheeler was one of the leaders of Shay's Rebellion. These were issued to cover the depreciation of pay the soldiers had suffered while serving in the continental army. Signed by Henry Gardner as state treasurer; Thomas Dawes and Richard Cranch as committee. Folds intact, minor paper loss in upper right margin not affecting text. A Fine example for this note that is often encountered in poor condition. Very fine.
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