Six-Dollar Continental Currency Note, November 2, 1776

Six-dollar Continental Currency note printed by Hall and Sellers on November 2, 1776, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Signed by Benjamin Levy, one of two Jewish signers of colonial notes. The note is part of a larger collection of financial records related to the American Revolution. This particular note is one of two signed by a Jewish signer of colonial notes. The description notes that the signer, Benjamin Levy, was an American merchant, a signer of the Non-Importation Agreement of 1765, and a friend and supporter of Robert Morris and Horatio Gates during the Revolutionary War.

Associated People/Businesses

  • LEVY, Benjamin (1720-1802)

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Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 11, Folder 8