Courtesy of June Contreras, an individual partner
Description
This twenty dollar bank note was issued by the New England Bank of Fairmount, Maine in 1857. It was dated October 1, 1857 and signed by E. Rittenhouse, president. Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson, of New York, printed the money. Fairmount is now a neighborhood in Bangor, Maine. New England Bank, based in Boston, was chartered in 1813. One of the engravings on the money is of a Native American sitting on the ground with a dead deer beside him.
About This Item
- Title: Twenty dollar bank note from New England Bank, Fairmount, 1857
- Creation Date: 1857
- Subject Date: 1857
- Location: Fairmount, Bangor, Penobscot County, ME
- Media: tissue paper
- Dimensions: 7.6 cm x 17.8 cm
- Object Type: Text and Image
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- Banks and banking--Maine--Bangor
- Banks and banking--Maine--Fairmount
- Engraving
- Indians in art
- Money
- New England Bank (Boston, Mass.)
- Paper money
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