Grimes County $2.00 (two dollars) treasury warrant
Rating
Title
Grimes County $2.00 (two dollars) treasury warrant
County of Origin
Grimes County
Town of Issue
Anderson
Currency Type
Treasury Warrant
Denomination
$2.00
Bank/Issuer
Grimes County
Imprint
none
Date Issued
June 13 , 1862
Historical Period
1860-1869
Vignette
(U.C.) : American type 4-4-0 wood-burning Locomotive with tender , and car loaded with cotton bales .
Notes
This treasury warrant was issued in Anderson by Grimes County . The note is printed on the verso of a fragment of printed currency . The amount 'TWO DOLLARS. ' is printed in the left border of the note . The number '2 ' appears in the upper-right corner . A vignette of train is printed in the upper-center of the note . The abbreviation 'No. ' is printed towards the upper-left corner ; the number '37 ' is handwritten in red ink adjacent to it . The phrase 'GRIMES COUNTY. ' is overprinted in red ink across the face of the note . The 1870 census for Anderson , Grimes County , Texas , M653 , roll 1588 , p . 183 , line 14 , lists Guilford M . Mooring as a 59-year-old store clerk born in North Carolina . The same census , p . 239 , line 28 , lists a George M . Patrick as a 68-year-old farmer born in Virginia with real estate valued at $5,000 and personal property worth $1,000 .
Rarity
R.7
Signatures
G . M . Mooring , County Clerk ; G . M . Patrick , Chief Justice
Dimensions
16 x 8 cm
Digital Resource Type
Image
Digitization Process
Digitization process : scanned as 1200 ppi , 16-bits per channel , RGB.tif ; derivative created from recto and verso and resized as 3000 pixels on the long edge , 8-bits per channel RGB.jpg .
Upload File Name
rowe_barr_grimescounty_anderson_0000011_opt.jpg
Archival File Name(s)
rowe_barr_grimescounty_anderson_0000011r.tif ; rowe_barr_grimescounty_anderson_0000011v.tif
Scan Path Number
Grimes\Anderson\0000011r
Rowe Catalog Number
11
Digital Collection
Rowe-Barr Collection of Texas Currency
Library
DeGolyer Library
Publisher
Central University Libraries , Southern Methodist University
Rights
Please cite DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University when using this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee. For details see the https://sites.smu.edu/cul/degolyer/research/permissions/ web page. For other information, contact degolyer@smu.edu.
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