John Hart Signed Scarce Feb. 1776 New Jersey 15 Shillings Note

Founding Father John Hart (1713-1779). Colonial New Jersey circulated engraved bank note for Fifteen Shillings, 3.875" x 2.188", February 20, 1776. Issued as No. 3015, and reading: “This Bill, by an Ordinance of the Provinicial Congress, shall pass current in all Payments within the Colony of New-Jersey, for Fifteen Shillings, Proclamation Money." Signed at the conclusion by John Hart and James How. Printed in Burlington, New Jersey by Isaac Collins. Tape repair at verso. Flattened folds with small loss at intersection. Expected soiling. Minor edgewear. In very good condition. 

In 1775, John Hart was elected to the Committee of Correspondence of New Jersey by the Provincial Congress. He then served on the Committee of Safety “to act in the public welfare of the colony, in the recess of the Congress”. In 1776, Hart was designated one of the officials to sign the new Bill of Credit notes issued as money for the state. He signed each of the notes issued for the western New Jersey division of the treasury. In May, Hart was reelected to the Provincial Congress, and in June, he was elected as one of five delegates to the Second Continental Congress with full rights to cast a vote for the state on the question of independence. He voted "yes", and then signed the Declaration of Independence.

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