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Richard Caswell Signed North Carolina December 1771 10s Note PCGS Graded Gem New-65 Premium Paper Quality
Major General RICHARD CASWELL (1729-1789). American politician and lawyer who served as the 1st and 5th Governor of the State of North Carolina from 1776-80 & 1785-87. Major General of NC Militia in the Southern Theater of the American Revolutionary War, Signatory of the "Continental Association" and thus he is considered a Founding Father of the United States.
Fr. NC-138. Province of North Carolina, December 1771 Act, Ten Shillings, "Sailing Ship" vignette, PCGS graded Gem New-65 Premium Paper Quality. A boldly signed crisp gorgeous quality Colonial currency note has a vignette depicting a "Sailing Ship" printed on bright crisp fresh paper with full to huge margins. Rich vivid signatures of De Rosset, Richard Caswell, Rutherfurd, and Harvey in red and black ink. Richard Caswell's signature in red ink on this problem-free gem depicts a ship at lower left and is printed on bright paper with full sharp clear margins.
Richard Caswell (1729-1789) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the First and Fifth Governor of the State of North Carolina from 1776 to 1780 and from 1785 to 1787. He also served as a senior officer of militia in the Southern Theater of the American Revolutionary War, and was a Signatory of the "Continental Association" and thus considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
Caswell represented North Carolina in the Continental Congresses of 1774 and 1775. When the militia district of New Bern was formed on May 4, 1776; Caswell was appointed to command that minuteman region. As such, he led the Provincial Congress' force at the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge (1776).
Soon thereafter, the Provincial Congress disbanded minuteman battalions in favor of militia. In 1780, he was commissioned major general of militia and state troops. At the Battle of Camden Court House in 1780, his troops fled after Virginia militia broke and ran in panic, exposing him to attack without greater defense, leaving the Continentals behind to suffer defeat.
After his defeat at Camden Court House, Caswell returned home with an unnamed illness. In the meantime, the North Carolina General Assembly appointed William Smallwood of Maryland to the command of North Carolina's militia without informing Caswell, so he resigned on October 21, 1780.
When Smallwood returned to Maryland in January 1781, the General Assembly once again Appointed Caswell Major General of Militia, and he retained the position until the end of the American Revolution.
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Richard Caswell Signed North Carolina December 1771 10s Note PCGS Graded Gem New-65 Premium Paper Quality
Major General RICHARD CASWELL (1729-1789). American politician and lawyer who served as the 1st and 5th Governor of the State of North Carolina from 1776-80 & 1785-87. Major General of NC Militia in the Southern Theater of the American Revolutionary War, Signatory of the "Continental Association" and thus he is considered a Founding Father of the United States.
Fr. NC-138. Province of North Carolina, December 1771 Act, Ten Shillings, "Sailing Ship" vignette, PCGS graded Gem New-65 Premium Paper Quality. A boldly signed crisp gorgeous quality Colonial currency note has a vignette depicting a "Sailing Ship" printed on bright crisp fresh paper with full to huge margins. Rich vivid signatures of De Rosset, Richard Caswell, Rutherfurd, and Harvey in red and black ink. Richard Caswell's signature in red ink on this problem-free gem depicts a ship at lower left and is printed on bright paper with full sharp clear margins.
Richard Caswell (1729-1789) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the First and Fifth Governor of the State of North Carolina from 1776 to 1780 and from 1785 to 1787. He also served as a senior officer of militia in the Southern Theater of the American Revolutionary War, and was a Signatory of the "Continental Association" and thus considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
Caswell represented North Carolina in the Continental Congresses of 1774 and 1775. When the militia district of New Bern was formed on May 4, 1776; Caswell was appointed to command that minuteman region. As such, he led the Provincial Congress' force at the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge (1776).
Soon thereafter, the Provincial Congress disbanded minuteman battalions in favor of militia. In 1780, he was commissioned major general of militia and state troops. At the Battle of Camden Court House in 1780, his troops fled after Virginia militia broke and ran in panic, exposing him to attack without greater defense, leaving the Continentals behind to suffer defeat.
After his defeat at Camden Court House, Caswell returned home with an unnamed illness. In the meantime, the North Carolina General Assembly appointed William Smallwood of Maryland to the command of North Carolina's militia without informing Caswell, so he resigned on October 21, 1780.
When Smallwood returned to Maryland in January 1781, the General Assembly once again Appointed Caswell Major General of Militia, and he retained the position until the end of the American Revolution.
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Colonial Currency, Paper Money, Early Paper Money of America, North Carolina Currency, Governor North Carolina, Colonial America, Colonial North Carolina, American Colony, Province of North Carolina, Printing Paper Money, British Colonial Acts, French and Indian War, Revolutionary War, George Washington, Continental Congress, Continental Currency, No Taxation Without Representation, Inflation, Fiat Currency, Currency Printing, Benjamin Franklin
