Houston $5.00 (five dollars) municipal scrip
Rating
Title
Houston $5.00 (five dollars) municipal scrip
County of Origin
Harris County
Place of Issue
Houston
Currency Type
Municipal Scrip
Denomination
$5.00
Bank/Issuer
City of Houston
Date
February 21st 1862 .
Date (EDTF)
1862-02-21
Decade
1860-1869
Notes
This municipal scrip was issued in Houston by the City of Houston . A simple design borders the top , bottom , and part of the left edges . The upper-left and upper-right corners of the note are torn and missing . The Roman numeral 'V ' is printed in the lower-left corner . A vignette of a train pulling several cars is printed in the upper-center of the note . The following phrase is overprinted in red ink across most of the note : CITY TREASURY WARRANT . A design of green ink is overprinted on the bottom two-thirds of the note . The month and day , February 21st , are handwritten ; the year , 1862 , is printed . The note is signed on the recto by George Ewing , Secretary , and Thomas William House , Mayor . Ewing is possibly George Ewing of Harris County whose occupation is listed in the 1860 census as clerk (1860 Census) . House was an active businessman with a hand in numerous enterprises , like the dry goods business , private banking , cotton , and sugar (TSHA) . He was also mayor of Houston in 1862 and contributed greatly to the city's development and growth (TSHA) .
Language
eng
Rarity
R.7
Signatures
George Ewing Secretary. ; T . W . House Mayor .
Dimensions
7.5 x 16.5 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_harriscounty_houston_0000116_opt.jpg
Archival File Name(s)
rowe_barr_harriscounty_houston_0000116r.tif ; rowe_barr_harriscounty_houston_0000116v.tif
Rowe Catalog Number
106
Digital Collection
Rowe-Barr Collection of Texas Currency
Library
DeGolyer Library
Publisher
SMU Libraries
Rights
Please cite DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University as the source of this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee. For details, see the https://www.smu.edu/libraries/degolyer/research/permissions web page. For more information, contact degolyer@smu.edu.
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