Currency collection
X1986-05-0
Scope and Contents
A collection of paper money, including notes issued by banks, businesses, and other institutions; the colonies and states; the Confederate States of America; and foreign governments; and United States Continental currency and fractional currency.
Dates
- created: 1760-1919
- Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1985
Creator
- Litchfield Historical Society (Litchfield, Conn.) (Organization)
- Alabama. Treasury Dept. (Organization)
- Confederate States of America. Department of the Treasury (Organization)
- Connecticut. Treasury Department (Organization)
- Delaware. Treasury Dept. (Organization)
- Florida. Treasurer's Office (Organization)
- Georgia. Treasury Department (Organization)
- Louisiana. Treasurer (Organization)
- Maryland. Treasury Department (Organization)
- New Jersey. Treasury Department (Organization)
- Pennsylvania. Treasury (Organization)
- United States. Department of the Treasury (Organization)
- United States. Continental Congress (Organization)
- Massachusetts. Treasury Dept. (Organization)
- Mississippi. Treasury Department (Organization)
- Missouri. State Treasurer’s Office (Organization)
- New Hampshire. Treasury Department (Organization)
- New York (State). Treasurer's Office (Organization)
- North Carolina. Treasurer (Organization)
- Rhode Island. Treasury Department (Organization)
- South Carolina. Treasury (Organization)
- Texas. Treasury Department (Organization)
- Virginia. Department of the Treasury (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Extent
0.63 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Accruals and Additions
The Currency collection consists of currency received from a number of donors, including Mrs. E. W. Seymour, 1890-03-0; William Ransom, 1890-56-0; Donor unknown, 1890-65-118; Donor unknown, 1890-65-119; Donor unknown, 1890-65-121; Donor unknown, 1890-65-122; Donor unknown, 1890-65-123; Donor unknown, 1890-65-124; Donor unknown, 1890-65-125; Donor unknown, 1890-65-126; Donor unknown, 1890-65-127; Donor unknown, 1890-65-128; Donor unknown, 1890-65-129; Solomon Marsh, 1896-01-45; William Ransom, 1903-01-0; U.S. Treasury Dept., 1913-04-0; Rev. John Hutchins, 1914-27-1; Mrs. Charles Hinsdale, 1916-07-6; Capt. E. B. Van Winkle, 1918-17-2; E. N. Vanderpoel, 1919-05-0; Fred Haight, 1928-21-0; Alain White, 1936-03-2; Frederick L. Coe, 1958-24-0; Donor unknown, X1986-5; and others not previously accessioned.
Existence and Location of Originals
multi-part note content
Other Descriptive Information
This collection was processed with support from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) and the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Geographic
Topical
- Banks and banking
- Paper money -- Alabama
- Paper money -- Austria
- Paper money -- Confederate States of America
- Paper money -- Connecticut
- Paper money -- Cuba
- Paper money -- Delaware
- Paper money -- District of Columbia
- Paper money -- Florida
- Paper money -- France
- Paper money -- Georgia
- Paper money -- Germany
- Paper money -- Italy
- Paper money -- Latvia
- Paper money -- Louisiana
- Paper money -- Maryland
- Paper money -- Massachusetts
- Paper money -- Michigan
- Paper money -- Mississippi
- Paper money -- Missouri
- Paper money -- New Jersey
- Paper money -- New York
- Paper money -- North Carolina
- Paper money -- Pennsylvania
- Paper money -- Rhode Island
- Paper money -- Russia
- Paper money -- South Carolina
- Paper money -- Tennessee
- Paper money -- Texas
- Paper money -- Turkey
- Paper money -- United States
- Paper money -- Virginia
- Title
- Currency collection
- Author
- Leith Johnson
- Date
- 06/07/2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Litchfield Historical Society Repository
7 South Street
P.O. Box 385
Litchfield CT 06759
860-567-4501
860-567-3565 (Fax)
archivist@litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org