Object Number 1961.1586.002

Object Name

Currency (Six shilling note)

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

James Adams (Printer)
c. 1725-12/11/1792
References: Rink, Evald. Printing in Delaware, 1761-1800 (Wilmington, DE: Eleutherian Mills Historical Library, 1969); Hawkins, Dorothy L. "James Adams, the First Printer of Delaware," Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, XXVIII (1934), pp. 28-63. Credited as Delaware's first printer. Did both job printing and book printing.

Place of Origin

Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1776

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Letterpress, Hand lettered

Dimensions (inches)

3.625 (H) , 3 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

9.207 (H) , 7.62 (W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom.

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Rink, Evald. 1969 Printing in Delaware, 1761-1800.
• Listed as no. 99, p. 84.