Archives International Auctions Auction 73 January 18, 2022 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Colonial Banknotes, Colonial Fiscal Documents, Historic Ephemera and Security Printing Ephemera

Archives International Auctions - Sale 73 73 January 18, 2022 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 361 361 Connecticut Comptroller’s Office, 1791 Issued Payment Quartet Hartford, Connecticut, 1791. Lot of 4 pieces, all are I/C payments of “Lawful Money, out of any Funds appropriated for the Payment of interest on the liquidated Debt of the State of Connecticut.” All were issued for 10 Shillings, Black text with black border, cut cancelled at center, and signed by Ralph Pomeroy as Comptroller. Ralph Pomeroy was a paymaster in the Continental Army. He remained involved in state politics, acting as State Controller after the war. All are in Fine-VF condition. Printed by Hudson and Goodwin. (4) ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $160-280 362 362 Connecticut Comptroller’s Office, 1791 Issued Payment Trio Connecticut, 1791. Lot of 3 pieces, all are I/C payments of lawful money out of “any Funds appropriated for the Payment of interest on the liquidated Debt of the State of Connecticut.” 2 are issued for 10 Shillings, one for 5 Shillings. All have black text, black border, and are cut cancelled at center, and are signed by Ralph Pomeroy as Comptroller. Ralph Pomeroy (1737- 1819) was a paymaster in the Continental Army. He remained involved in state politics, acting as State Controller after the war. Fine condition, with some staining on 5 Shillings piece at center. Printed by Hudson and Goodwin. (3) ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $180-280 COLONIAL FISCAL DOCUMENTS Maryland 363 363 Principio Company, 1773 Colonial First Bill of Exchange Kingsbury Furnace, Maryland, 1773. I/C First Bill of Exchange for the sum of 56 Pounds and 5 Shillings, owed to Archibald Buchanan. Black text with brown handwriting, S/N 170. Signatures, including Thomas Russell Jr.’s, have been crossed-out, while William Russell, one of the founders of the company, is listed at bottom left. Principio Furnace, the first blast furnace in the state of Maryland, and one of the first in the nation, was located on the banks of the Principio Creek at the head of the Chesapeake Bay. Principio Iron Works was established in 1719 by Joseph Farmer with British capital and an ironmaster, John England, who made it one of the most successful in the colonial ironworks by the 1740s, producing pig iron for sale in London. Thomas Russell, Jr., England’s successor, produced cannonballs for the Continental Army during the Revolution. The works were part of the (larger) Principio Company, whose other holdings included the Accokeek or Potomac Ironworks on the land of George Washington’s father, Augustine Washington (north of Ferry Farm near Fredericksburg, Virginia). This works was developed by the ironmaster England originally as a source of iron ore. As early as 1726, it may have included a cold blast charcoal furnace. Accokeek/Potomac served as the headquarters of the Principio Company until it was closed sometime in the mid-1750s. The Maryland works were destroyed by the British in 1813. Fine condition, interesting piece of colonial American history. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $900-1800