Rebecca Clapham

• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jul 25 2019, 2:45:06 UTC

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Designs and denominations were similar to the March 1, 1770 issue. Anne Catherine and William Green printed these notes. Anne Catherine Green, whose name appears at “A.C. Green” on the note, took over the business following the death of her husband Jonas Green. Anne Green had to use her initials because it was not acceptable for a woman to be working as a printer in the 18th century. William was Anne’s oldest son. The notes were originally designed by Thomas Sparrow who created the border cuts for these notes. Numismatists studying coinage attempts for the government formed under the Articles of Confederation knows that Sparrow was involved in one attempt.

In order to make these notes legal to issue they had to be signed by authorizing agents. The agents who signed these notes were John Clapham and William Eddis. Clapham was a landowner in western Maryland who served as sheriff (tax collector) of Anne Arundel County (Annapolis) from 1770–72. Eddis was a British loyalist, born in England about 1745, worked for Colonial Governor Sir Robert Eden as the office of surveyor of customs. Eddis fled to England in 1777. coinblogs.com