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Title	Commercial and Agricultural Bank of Texas $10.00 (ten dollars) private scrip
County of Origin	Brazoria County
Town of Issue	Columbia
Currency Type	Private Scrip
Denomination	$10.00
Bank Issuer	Commercial and Agricultural Bank of Texas
Imprint	Draper, Toppan, Longacre & Co. Phil. & NY
Date Issued	ca. 1835
Decade	1830-1839
Notes	This private scrip was issued in Columbia by The Commercial and Agricultural Bank of Texas. This currency sheet includes four notes with varying plate designations. The notes are denominated in dollars and pesos. The top two notes are $10.00 notes. In the lower-left corner of each is a vignette of men working at a sawmill. A Mexican golden eagle perched on a cactus and devouring a snake is depicted in the lower-center of the notes. In the upper-right corner is a vignette of a horseman tending cattle and sheep. The plate designation A and B appear in two locations along the top edge of the first and second notes respectively. The remaining two notes are $20.00 denominations. Along the left border of the notes is a vignette of a steamship. In the lower-center of the notes is a scene of a dog lying in front of a money chest, his paw over a key. In the upper-right corner is a vignette of men loading cotton bales onto a wagon. The plate designation A and B appear in two locations along the top edge of the third and fourth notes respectively. The Commercial and Agricultural Bank of Texas was the only bank ever authorized in Texas prior to the organization of National Banks in 1865. The bank was chartered to Samuel M. Williams by the Mexican Government on April 30, 1835. Because of charter requirements, the bank was never opened at Columbia although notes and other fiscal papers were prepared. The bank did open at Galveston in 1848 and did issue currency for a short time. Notes on the bank are rare, and the examples recorded were reconstructed from Louisiana notes of the CSA era which had been printed on the reverse.
Rarity	R.7
Signatures	blank] Cash.'; [blank] Pres.'
Dimensions	13.5 x 8.5 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	BrazoriaColumbia0000042_opt.jpg
Archival File Name(s)	0000042r.tif; 0000042v.tif
Scan Path Number	Brazoria\Columbia\0000042r
Rowe Catalog Number	24.02
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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