Francis Hopkinson to the American Commissioner or Commissioners, 24 July 1780

Francis Hopkinson to the American Commissioner or Commissioners

Three ALS:4 American Philosophical Society

Philada. July 24th. 1780

Gentlemen./

Since my last of the 27th. of June5 the following Sets of Exchange have issued from my office vizt.

To the State of Maryland

		dlr				Dolr
7	Sets	100	each	No.	1–7	700
5		200			1–5	1000
1		300			1	300
1		500			1	500
						2500

To the State of Pennsylvania

		dlr				dol
4	Sets	100	each	No.	8–11	400
19		200			6–24	3800
12		300			2–13	3600
8		400			1–8	3200
8		500			2–9	4000
						15,000

To the State of Rhode Island

		dol				dllr
5	Sets	100	each	No.	12–16	500
5		200			25–29	1000
						1500

To the State of Connecticut

		dolr.				Dollr
4	Sets	100	each	No.	17–20	400
6		200			30–35	1200
5		300			14–18	1500
1		400			9	400
1		500			10	500
						4000

To the State of Virginia

		dor				dolr
5	Sets	200	each	No.	36–40	1000
2		300			19–20	600
1		400			10	400
						2000

Also

		dlr				dollr
150	Sets	12	each	No.	2126–2275	1800
100		18			1958–2057	1800
25		24			2173–2197	600
25		30			2691–2715	750
						4950

I have the Honour to be Gentn. Your very humble Servt.

Fras Hopkinson
Treasr. of Loans6

(No. 18)
(Duplicate)

Addressed: To The Honourable / The Commissioner or Commissioners / of the United States of America / at Paris / (No. 18) / (On public service) / (Duplicate) / To be sunk if in Danger of falling into the Hands of the Enemy

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

4. The ones we do not print are marked “Triplicate” and “Quadruplicate.”

5. For which see XXXII, 63n.

6. During the months covered by the present volume Hopkinson dispatched several other lists of loan office bills, compiled to help American commissioners in Europe distinguish valid certificates from counterfeit ones. On Oct. 23, as directed by the Board of the Treasury, he sent the numbers and denominations of interest bills issued to New York, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Georgia, Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. He also reported that as he had received no orders to provide similar information for the new emissions of larger bills, which were likely to become very complex, he would omit sending their numbers unless requested otherwise. On three occasions Hopkinson gave notice of duplicate sets of bills he had signed to replace original ones that had been lost: on Sept. 18, Nov. 3, and Nov. 6, he wrote that he had signed the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth sets of various bills, amounting to $396, $72, and $156 respectively. All the documents mentioned are at the APS.

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Title: Francis Hopkinson to the American Commissioner or Commissioners, 24 July 1780
Author: Hopkinson, Francis
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Franklin, Benjamin
Date: 24 July 1780

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Cite as: “Francis Hopkinson to the American Commissioner or Commissioners, 24 July 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-33-02-0080. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 33, July 1 through November 15, 1780, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1997, pp. 109–111.]