Guide to the Tannatt Family Currency, Scrip, and Bond Collection 1839-1864
Cage 4977

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Creator
Tannatt family.
Title
Tannatt Family Currency, Scrip, and Bond Collection
ID
Cage 4977
Date [inclusive]
1839-1864
Extent
.05 Linear feet of shelf space, 1 folder, 12 items
Language
Collection materials are in
Abstract
The collection consists of paper currency, scrip, and one bond. Most of the items were issued by the Confederate States of America or individual states of the Confederacy. The collection also includes two specimens of scrip (a substitute for currency), one issued by the Ladd and Company plantation on the island of Kauai circa 1839-1844, and the other issued by the United States Army circa 1860s.

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Scope and Content

The collection consists of paper currency, scrip, and one bond. Most of the items were issued by the Confederate States of America or individual states of the Confederacy. The collection also includes two specimens of scrip (a substitute for currency), one issued by the Ladd and Company plantation on the island of Kauai circa 1839-1844, and the other issued by the United States Army circa 1860s.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2016

http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open and available for research use.

Acquisition Information

The Tannatt family donated this collection to the Washington State University Libraries at an unknown date. It was originally cataloged as part of VF 2528. It was separated and recataloged in 2010.

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Related Materials

Related Material

Tannatt Family papers (Cage 65)

Currency specimens are available in other collections held in MASC, including:

Ed Carver currency collection, 1885-1922 (Cage 1916)

Paul Philemon Kies currency and bond collection, 1769-1865 (Cage 4978)

Confederate States of America currency collection, circa 1860-1866 (Cage 4979)

William Band papers, 1857-1989 (Ephemera series) (Cage 617)

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Names and Subjects

Subject(s)

  • Paper money -- Specimens.
  • Money -- Specimens.
  • Retail Trade
  • Politics and Politicians

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