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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[Item Description]
Tannatt family currency, Scrip, and Bond Collection, circa 1839-1864 (Cage 4977)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
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.
Tannatt Family Papers, 1813-1919
Currency specimens are available in other collections held in MASC, including:
Ed Carver Currency Collection, 1885-1922
Paul Philemon Kies Currency and Bond Collection, 1769-1865
Confederate States of America Currency Collection, circa 1860-1866
William Band Papers, 1857-1989 (Series 7: Ephemera)
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