4 %-30ty/i Wiftj^pllap. £ SffisBillentitiestHeBearertorecetVe'Fifty,^ SjianifSmilledT>ot- tarjf px t.fe fyk&e tHereofinGold or:|||i Silver, accordingto fi C<JZOejfNoliGctRioEnSJiSaffaetd hiladelphia, Seh- Stemberz6tft,1778. 50pqiJ&toS. 0^^ — £r<CL i ( 1.1fr— s ki ifl (Dumbartonhouse NATIONALHEADQUARTERS TheNationalSocietyoftheColonialDamesofAmerica 2715QUESTREETN.W,WASHINGTON,D.C.20007•202/a»7-0l)r» ^3j-£<3- (pUMBARJONHOUSE NATIONALHEADQUARTERS 202-337-2288 July 14, 1994 Mr. Eric P. Newman Attorney-at-Law P.O. Box 14020 501 N. Broadway St. Louis, MO 63178 Dear Eric, Following our telephone conversation of last night, this letter serves as an official invitation on behalf of The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America to speak at Dumbarton House on Wednesday evening, November 16, 1994 at 7:00 P.M. This lecture is sponsored by the Patriotic Service Committee of the D.C. Society, chaired by Nancy Russell. The Committee offers an honorarium of $200, and an overnight accommodation here in Dumbarton House in the West Wing Guest Quarters for the night of November 16. As we discussed, we hope you can speak on "Joseph Nourse and the Establishment of a Paper Currency in America." Enclosed is my article from the Spring issue of the Dames Despatch which outlines the purpose of the Joseph Nourse exhibit. We hope that you can come give this lecture which is free and open to the public, and that Evelyn can join you and stay overnight here at Dumbarton House. Sincerely yours, Nancy W. E^elman Director of Education, History and Research cc: Nancy Russell Joan Stansbury TheNationalSocietyoftheColonialDamesofAmerica 2715QUESTREETN.VV.WASHINGTON,D.C.20007•202/337-0972 i 7 (DUMBARTONHOUSE NATIONALHEADQUARTERS £2 /. % Vlt. Scl<L uuyx/2jc—. 5ZV ^P-0- X a s kkthS*L) - , wt% i^“% **$&. in ' MS* if,,, H-ttkaMlZt°‘ £t£stt « * m '/JDt-OMf \cu-- ; ^ -/V/-//7 «&t„ 2^£. {jMlil ,1&J%u.#)'~* q*P jmJxJ^^- / ^ \j£/2fZ^^/Xf j TheNational^SucietyoftheColonialDamesofAmerica /th/' ~~* ^ /cica*ui271l5QUESsTsRfEEiTc\a.#W.,\\ASbIUmNGzTO<N,dD.iCa’00J07u•.20^2/337-atf-J.^?^q8& ^ / 7/27/94 NancyEdelman DumbartonHouse Nancy: Thetitleofmytalkon November16,1994willbe "TheManyChangesinAmerican ^ ^ JCousrerpehncNyouErxspee.r"iencedby £U D ^6 M<W I* £- (_j^L\ Qj\&. pA^'^J~^J~^-i^j 0JL\jl.q-£^'~t^vJiJi FROMTHEDESKOF ER1CP.NEWMAN . 202-337-2288 August 22, 1994 Mr. John Herzog 26 Broadway New York, NY 10004 Dear Mr. Herzog, Eric Newman suggested I write you regarding our Joseph Nourse exhibit here in Dumbarton House. We would like to include some Joseph Nourse items that are money related. The Dumbarton House collection is mostly letters and includes no currency related items The exhibit is October 18, 1994 through May 27, 1995. Vfewill make our final checklist next week. May I telephone you to discuss possible loans? With warmest thank-you's. Sincerely, Nancy W. Edelman Director of Education, History and Research P.S. My phone number is 202-337-2288. (pUMBARJONHOUSE NATIONALHEADQLAKTF.RS / TheNationalSocietyoftheColonialDamesofAmerica sy (? 2715QUESTREETN.VV,WASHINGTON,DC.20007•202/337-OWP3-' 6 ERICP.NEWMANNUMISMATICEDUCATIONSOCIETY 6450CecilAvenue,St.Louis,M.issouri63105 November3,1994 Mrs.NancyEdelman DumbartonHouse 2715QueStreet, N.W. Washington,D.C. 20007 DearNancy: ItisexceedinglyniceforyoutowanttocallformeattheairportinBaltimore. IhadtotakethatroutefromSt.Louisbecausethefarewasfourtimesasmuch togotoWashingtonNationalairport. Forthelecture,1presumeyouareaccustomedtoslidepresentationsandthat youhaveappropriateequipment. Iwillneedareasonablesizescreensothatthe audiencecaneasilyseeit. Astandardslideprojectorshouldhaveanextrabulb availableincaseofbreakdown,andtheremotecontroloftheprojectorshould beabletobeoperatedfromthelectern. Iwillneedonlyonecarouseltoputmy slidesin. Idonotknowwhetheryouhaveamicrophonesystemornotandleavethatentirely toyou. Asyouknow, manyolderpeopledonothearwell. Alloftheothermatters wecandiscussbytelephone. Thankyouforyourcooperationbeyondthecall offriendshipandduty. y^'j ERICP. NEWMANNUMISMATICEDUCATIONSOCIETY 6450CecilAvenue,St.Louis,Missouri63105 Kenneth R. Bowling November 21, 1994 George Washington University 2120 L St. NW Suite 255 , Washington, D.C. 20052 Dear Ken: Under separate cover I am sending The Early Paper Money of America (1990 edition) and a Nature Printing offprint as you indicated they might be helpful to your office library. I thank you and Charlene for your First Federal Congress publication and the extensive information you furnished me in the short time we had together. It was a delight to meet you and your fellow researchers and you are more than welcome to ask me questions in the money area I have worked in such as the l/90th matter. The Francis Bailey patent information you furnished me did everything but disclose what his patent was. Perhaps he wanted to keep it secret although pretending he was advising the patent office. I checked a few photocopies I have and found some Bailey printed federal loan office forms which may indicate his anti- counterfeiting devices. There are three hand engraved items on each of the two enclosed forms - the eagle in an oval with drapery above, the boxed B and the word Dollars surrounded by a shaped border. The same items on each differ from one another as you will note. These are hand engraved and punched into a matrix, then cast in lead and put into a printing form with various standard foundry letters and decorations made of lead type. A counterfeiter would be discouraged to cut these elements by hand and could not purchase them. They could be used with different texts or borders or could be mixed. You probably can find many examples in the archives. Note the alteration protective insignia to the left of the lower amount to prevent adding a numeral to the left. That is where and why the $ sign became so useful. Bailey's patent was apparently used by Franklin long before them using a wood block cutting and pouring lead directly into it. I am totally frustrated on finding the possible mention or suggestion of the 1776 Continental Currency coinage in the Continental Congress papers or proceedings. The coins exist in several varieties of a round dollar size. They are extremely rare in silver, rare in copper composition and scarce in pewter. The $1 denomination in paper money was dropped in July 1776 for several emissions, apparently to make a place for the coin. Where might I find rejected matters between February and July 1776 relating to them.