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Title	R. & D.G. Mills 50 cents (fifty cents) private scrip
County of Origin	Brazoria County
Town of Issue	Brazoria
Currency Type	Private Scrip
Denomination	$0.50
Bank Issuer	R. & D.G. Mills
Imprint	Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson, New Orleans
Date Issued	April 1 1843
Decade	1840-1849
Notes	This private scrip was issued in Brazoria by R. & D.G. MILLS & CO. Along the left side of the note, the words ''HALF A DOLLAR'' are printed in all caps above the vignette; the number ''50'' is printed in a rectangle below it. The scene of a man and two horses plowing a field is depicted in the upper-center of the note; the number ''50'' is printed in an oval on both sides of this vignette. Beneath this, ''R. & D. G. Mills'' is printed in a fancy, bold Victorian-style font, followed by, ''We Promise to pay to S M Westervelt or bearer... at our Office at Brazoria, Brazoria, Texas.'' The abbreviation ''No.'' appears along the top of the note; a number is handwritten next to it. The imprint ''Rawden, Wright Hatch & Edson, New Orleans'' is located along the bottom of the note. Three designs appear along the right border of the note: A bull is in the center; the number ''50'' is printed above the vignette in a rectangle; and the word ''CENTS'' appears beneath it, also in a rectangle. The first three digits that comprise the year, 184, are printed; the last digit as well as the day and month are handwritten. The note is signed on the recto by R. & D.G. Mills. Robert and David Graham Mills were among the wealthiest men in the Republic of Texas and the entire southern U.S. by the time of the Civil War. Robert Mills was a merchant, cotton commission agent, and banker. David Mills owned one of the largest plantations in Brazoria. They owned steamboats, ships, and had railroad assets as well, hence the images on their private scrip (TSHA). The 1860 census for Columbia, Brazoria County, M653, roll 1289, p. 54, line 27, lists D.G. Mills as a 46-year-old planter born in Kentucky who has real estate valued at $364,234.00 and personal property worth $2,500.00. Stephen M. Westervelt is buried in the Old Town Cemetery of Brazoria. He was born in 1819. He married Martha Stewart Dec. 14, 1847 in Brazoria County and he died Tuesday, January 15, 1850. See ''Roberts' & Smiths' in Texas History (Linda and David's Texas Ancestor Site). Westervelt's widow is listed (p. 79, line 12f) as 39-year-old Martha Westervelt, a native of Kentucky, with four children and real estate worth $1,080 and personal property worth $2,500.
Rarity	R.7
Signatures	R & D G Mills
Dimensions	6.2 x 15.5 cm.
Bibliographic References	Not in Medlar
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	BrazoriaBrazoria0000005_opt.jpg
Archival File Name(s)	BrazoriaBrazoria0000005.tif
Scan Path Number	Brazoria\Brazoria\0000005r
Rowe Catalog Number	9.02
Digital Collection	Rowe-Barr Collection of Texas Currency
Library	DeGolyer Library
Publisher	Central University Libraries, Southern Methodist University
Rights	Please cite Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library when using this image file. A high-quality version of this file may be obtained for a fee by contacting degolyer@smu.edu.

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