1761 Colonial America Bond Manuscript Document
Colonial America
1761 Sixteen Thousand Pounds Treasurer Bond to Pave the Streets of Providence Rhode Island & Lottery Ticket Related
March 6, 1761-Dated Colonial America, Manuscript Document Signed, "Joseph Bucklin," of Providence, Rhode Island, being a Bond to Pave the Streets of Providence, Fine.
Colonial Rhode Island Manuscript Bond, dated in March 1761. In this bond Joseph Bucklin of Providence is borrowing a huge amount of money, Sixteen Thousand Pounds, from the Treasurer of the Colony, Thomas Richardson. These funds are to be used to Pave the Streets in the town of Providence at the same time the 1761-Dated Lottery Tickets were issued to raise funds for this very purpose, and likely to pay for this Bond. This Colonial Document measures 8" x 12.5" and is completely Hand-written in rich brown ink on handmade period laid paper. The Bond is Signed and with the Seal of Joseph Bucklin and also witnessed by George Jackson and John Russell. There are a few small scattered body holes and a tear at the bottom of the page, surrounding the signature. It is otherwise in very good overall condition. A unique historic Providence, Rhode Island Colonial financing Document, which also matches the year of a special 1761 Lottery held in Providence, for raising additional fees towards the same purpose of paving the streets for which we have offered several Lottery Tickets in the past. Perhaps this is the actual financial transfer document for those funds to be now spent in its intended purpose.
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Colonial Currency, Paper Money, Early Paper Money of America, Rhode Island Lottery, Colonial Providence, Colonial America, Printing Paper Money, Continental Congress, No Taxation Without Representation, Inflation, Fiat Currency, Currency Printing, Benjamin Franklin
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Colonial America
1761 Sixteen Thousand Pounds Treasurer Bond to Pave the Streets of Providence Rhode Island & Lottery Ticket Related
March 6, 1761-Dated Colonial America, Manuscript Document Signed, "Joseph Bucklin," of Providence, Rhode Island, being a Bond to Pave the Streets of Providence, Fine.
Colonial Rhode Island Manuscript Bond, dated in March 1761. In this bond Joseph Bucklin of Providence is borrowing a huge amount of money, Sixteen Thousand Pounds, from the Treasurer of the Colony, Thomas Richardson. These funds are to be used to Pave the Streets in the town of Providence at the same time the 1761-Dated Lottery Tickets were issued to raise funds for this very purpose, and likely to pay for this Bond. This Colonial Document measures 8" x 12.5" and is completely Hand-written in rich brown ink on handmade period laid paper. The Bond is Signed and with the Seal of Joseph Bucklin and also witnessed by George Jackson and John Russell. There are a few small scattered body holes and a tear at the bottom of the page, surrounding the signature. It is otherwise in very good overall condition. A unique historic Providence, Rhode Island Colonial financing Document, which also matches the year of a special 1761 Lottery held in Providence, for raising additional fees towards the same purpose of paving the streets for which we have offered several Lottery Tickets in the past. Perhaps this is the actual financial transfer document for those funds to be now spent in its intended purpose.
KEYWORDS:
Colonial Currency, Paper Money, Early Paper Money of America, Rhode Island Lottery, Colonial Providence, Colonial America, Printing Paper Money, Continental Congress, No Taxation Without Representation, Inflation, Fiat Currency, Currency Printing, Benjamin Franklin
