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- GLC#
- GLC00496.264-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- January 6, 1794
- Title
- [Forged George Washington note and facsimile]
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 6.2 cm, Width: 16.5 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Marked as a forgery of a note from President Washington to the cashier of the office of discount and deposit in Baltimore, Maryland. Instructs the cashier to pay [N. S.] Ridgely $230.50. Includes a facsimile of a different note mounted on the same backing measuring 6.1 x 14.2 cm. The facsimiled note was written in Mount Vernon, Virginia, and instructs the cashier to pay William Robb $75. Entire backing including both notes measures 14.5 x 16.6 cm.
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