Salt Lake Telegram | 1905-06-24 | Page 9 | Montana Woman Writes of Old-Tiem Currency

MONTANA WOMAN WRITES OF OLD-TIME CURRENCY The Telegram has received the fol-lVin fol-lVin lommunloiition from Mrs. C'Vrge H." Conway of Dillon, Mont.: f ICilltor Telegram: Dear Sir: I have been readiiiK un urtlcle in your issue tf June , entitled, 'The Hill circulated circu-lated Before the Declaration.' Thinking Think-ing It 'miKht Interest your readers to know that-I also own a piece of United .states currency owned by the thirteen j original States. It Is almost like the one you mention, reading 'State of Massachusetts Hay, No. 'iWX, one dollar.' dol-lar.' "The possessor of this bill shall be paid one Spanish milled dollar by the thirty-first day of December, one thousand thou-sand seven hundred and eighty-six, with interest In like money at the rate of 5 per centum per annum, by the State of Massachusetts Hay, according to an act of the Legislature of the said State, of the fifth day of May, 17S0. "The first name signed Is very indistinct, indis-tinct, but may be Watklns. "The second Is 'No. Gaman.' "The opposite side read as follows: 'United States, one dollar. Printed by Hall & Sellers.' "The United States insures the payment pay-ment of the within bill, and will draw-bills draw-bills of exchange for the interest annually. an-nually. If demanded, according to a iesolution of Congress of the ISth of March. 17S3. "This bill belonged to my grandmother, grand-mother, w ho was bom in Longmeadow, Mass., in 1797. her family having lived there since lo6, my own children being the only ones of the family direct to be born outside of Massachusetts. "I have a few old coins dating 1797, but have r.ever thought of them only as curiosities to be used by the children in school. Yours tn.lv. "MRS. OKORGE B. CONWAY."