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New Jersey provincial pound of account: research record

Evidence coverage: 1709–1777. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.

This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.

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New Jersey provincial pound of account

CUR-V26-NEWJERSEY-POUND · Research draft

New Jersey provincial fiscal and public-payment reckoning, including western-division current money; regional grouping remains qualified.

One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Dated observations: 1709–1777; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

No distinct predecessor currency is established in the loaded view.

Children / successors

No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.

Latest research

Historical account research

The dated provincial bill form promises value receivable by the treasurer in public payments. Assignment to this scoped currency profile is qualified.

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Historical account research

Research identifieslocal current salary reckoning distinguished from note par. Assignment to this scoped currency profile is qualified.

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Historical account research

Treasurers were instructed to receive taxes according to the western-division money rule. Assignment to this scoped currency profile is qualified.

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Historical account research

The law distinguishes local lawful money from sterling obligations. Assignment to this scoped currency profile is qualified.

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Account-unit observations

Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.

1709qualified

The dated provincial bill form promises value receivable by the treasurer in public payments. Assignment to this scoped currency profile is qualified.

C1370
1752qualified

Research identifieslocal current salary reckoning distinguished from note par. Assignment to this scoped currency profile is qualified.

C1371
1760qualified

Treasurers were instructed to receive taxes according to the western-division money rule. Assignment to this scoped currency profile is qualified.

C1372
1777qualified

The law distinguishes local lawful money from sterling obligations. Assignment to this scoped currency profile is qualified.

C1373
Evidence & research notes 4 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan. Eastern/western conventions and provincial liabilities must be distinguished from Pennsylvania money. No extra node for statehood or note denominations.

Inference C1370

The dated provincial bill form promises value receivable by the treasurer in public payments. Assignment to this scoped currency profile is qualified.

Farley Grubb · Colonial New Jersey’s Paper Money Regime,1709–1775: A Forensic Accounting Reconstruction of the Data, NBER 19710 Citation S684 · Open source ↗

Revised 5 May 2014; printedpp 7–8, n 7; pp 11 ffandTable 1; Printedpp 124–130; paragraphs on 1760/1769 tax laws,1709 bill form,11 February 1777 law, and 8 June 1779 law

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Lucius Q.C.Elmer · History of the Early Settlement and Progress of Cumberland County(1869), ChapterVI Currency of New Jersey Citation S685 · Open source ↗

Revised 5 May 2014; printedpp 7–8, n 7; pp 11 ffandTable 1; Printedpp 124–130; paragraphs on 1760/1769 tax laws,1709 bill form,11 February 1777 law, and 8 June 1779 law

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

LIMITS: Later documentary history transcription with OCR errors.1779 note legal-tender cessation is not evidence that local pound accounts died.

Inference C1371

Research identifieslocal current salary reckoning distinguished from note par. Assignment to this scoped currency profile is qualified.

Farley Grubb · Colonial New Jersey’s Paper Money Regime,1709–1775: A Forensic Accounting Reconstruction of the Data, NBER 19710 Citation S684 · Open source ↗

Revised 5 May 2014; printedpp 7–8, n 7; pp 11 ffandTable 1; Printedpp 124–130; paragraphs on 1760/1769 tax laws,1709 bill form,11 February 1777 law, and 8 June 1779 law

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Lucius Q.C.Elmer · History of the Early Settlement and Progress of Cumberland County(1869), ChapterVI Currency of New Jersey Citation S685 · Open source ↗

Revised 5 May 2014; printedpp 7–8, n 7; pp 11 ffandTable 1; Printedpp 124–130; paragraphs on 1760/1769 tax laws,1709 bill form,11 February 1777 law, and 8 June 1779 law

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

LIMITS: Later documentary history transcription with OCR errors.1779 note legal-tender cessation is not evidence that local pound accounts died.

Inference C1372

Treasurers were instructed to receive taxes according to the western-division money rule. Assignment to this scoped currency profile is qualified.

Farley Grubb · Colonial New Jersey’s Paper Money Regime,1709–1775: A Forensic Accounting Reconstruction of the Data, NBER 19710 Citation S684 · Open source ↗

Revised 5 May 2014; printedpp 7–8, n 7; pp 11 ffandTable 1; Printedpp 124–130; paragraphs on 1760/1769 tax laws,1709 bill form,11 February 1777 law, and 8 June 1779 law

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Lucius Q.C.Elmer · History of the Early Settlement and Progress of Cumberland County(1869), ChapterVI Currency of New Jersey Citation S685 · Open source ↗

Revised 5 May 2014; printedpp 7–8, n 7; pp 11 ffandTable 1; Printedpp 124–130; paragraphs on 1760/1769 tax laws,1709 bill form,11 February 1777 law, and 8 June 1779 law

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

LIMITS: Later documentary history transcription with OCR errors.1779 note legal-tender cessation is not evidence that local pound accounts died.

Inference C1373

The law distinguishes local lawful money from sterling obligations. Assignment to this scoped currency profile is qualified.

Farley Grubb · Colonial New Jersey’s Paper Money Regime,1709–1775: A Forensic Accounting Reconstruction of the Data, NBER 19710 Citation S684 · Open source ↗

Revised 5 May 2014; printedpp 7–8, n 7; pp 11 ffandTable 1; Printedpp 124–130; paragraphs on 1760/1769 tax laws,1709 bill form,11 February 1777 law, and 8 June 1779 law

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Lucius Q.C.Elmer · History of the Early Settlement and Progress of Cumberland County(1869), ChapterVI Currency of New Jersey Citation S685 · Open source ↗

Revised 5 May 2014; printedpp 7–8, n 7; pp 11 ffandTable 1; Printedpp 124–130; paragraphs on 1760/1769 tax laws,1709 bill form,11 February 1777 law, and 8 June 1779 law

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

LIMITS: Later documentary history transcription with OCR errors.1779 note legal-tender cessation is not evidence that local pound accounts died.

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