#colonial history
1860s house in Go Cong. Credit to nha.cua.bancong (Instagram).
Artifact Road Trip - Maryland
A partial two-dollar bill issued by the Assembly of Maryland at Annapolis on March 5, 1770. It is payable in London at a rate of four shillings and sixpence (4s6d) sterling per dollar or equivalent in gold or silver. At the bottom of the bill are the original ink signatures of John Clapham and Robert Couden.
Find out more about this #ArtifactRoadTrip currency on our Digital Artifact Collection: https://fdr.artifacts.archives.gov/objects/10823
Follow along each week as we feature a different artifact in our Museum Collection from each of the United States.
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