Perkins' bank bill test : consisting of original impressions from the permanent stereotype steel plates of Massachusetts paper currency, executed in conformity to an act of the legislature, passed March 3 [ie., 4], 1809: : together with the standard check plate, which will apply equally to every bank in the United States which has adopted or which may adopt this principle.
| Author/creator | Perkins, Jacob |
| Other author | Massachusetts |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Newburyport, (Mass.) : Published by the proprietor, and for sale at the principal bookstsores in the United States. W. & J. Gilman, printers, 1809. |
| Description | 6 unnumbered pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 32 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. Second series no. 18362. ^A575643 |
| General note | Promoting the adoption of uniform standards for the production of paper money, including the use of steel rather than copper for printing plates. |
| General note | Signed on p. [4]: Jacob Perkins. |
| General note | "Extract from the act requiring the several banks in the commonwealth of Massachusetts to adopt the stereotype steel plates."--verso of title page. |
| References | Shaw & Shoemaker 18362 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 18362). |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |