1776 Delaware 6 Shillings Note Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ No Reserve

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1776Delaware 6 Shillings Note Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ These notes were engraved and printed by James Adams. The thick paper containing blue threads and mica flakes is the same paper that was used for Continental Currency. This note has been authenticated, graded Choice Uncirculated 64 with Exceptional Paper Quality by Paper Money Guaranty and encapsulated in a tamper evident holder. The signatures are excellent and this note is signed by the following prominent Colonial Delaware leaders (one from each county): 1. John McKinly (New Castle County) Born in Ireland in 1721. Moved to Wilmington, Delaware and established a successful medical practice. Held many important posts and positions in Colonial Delaware, serving as Sheriff, Chief Burgess of Wilmington, Assembly member, and a member of the Committee of Correspondence. He also played an active role in the militia. On February 21, 1777 he was chosen as Commander in Chief and President (Governor) of Delaware. After the British were victorious at the Battle of Brandywine, General Howe sent several brigades of troops to occupy nearby Wilmington. In the early morning hours of September 13, 1777, President McKinly was taken prisoner by these troops. Initially the British imprisoned him in Philadelphia, but then took their valuable prize to New York City after the city was abandoned in June 1778. McKinly was paroled in August 1778, and shortly thereafter exchanged for William Franklin, Loyalist Governor of New Jersey, and son of Benjamin Franklin. After his release, McKinly shunned political life, instead choosing to resume his medical practice. Though he was subsequently elected to the Continental Congress, he opted not to serve. 2. Thomas Collins (Kent County) Born in 1732 near the town of Smyrna. In 1764 he was appointed as the Sheriff of Kent County. In 1767 he became a member of the Assembly of the three lower counties upon Delaware where he served until the Revolutionary War. In 1775 he was made a Lieutenant Colonel in Caesar Rodney’s Upper Kent Militia, which started his military career. A year later he was named as Brigadier General. In 1778 he became a member of the State Senate where he served until 1782 with two of these years as the Speaker of the Senate. Also in 1782, he became a Judge of the Common Pleas Court. On October 26, 1786 he was nominated for the Governor of Delaware, a position to which he was unanimously elected. He was Governor during Delaware’s ratification of the United States Constitution on December 7, 1787. His health began to fail in early 1789 and he became bedridden. On, Sunday March 29, 1789, Governor Collins became the first Governor of Delaware to die in office. 3. Boaz Manlove (Sussex County) He became a Justice of the Peace in Sussex County on March 20, 1767 and served in that office until April 10, 1773. He was also Sheriff of Sussex County during those years and was considered a member of the “court party” one of the political factions in the colony at the time. It was as the struggle for Independence began that he achieved his greatest notoriety. He started on the patriot side. On July 23, 1774, he was a leader of a meeting protesting taxes and the Boston Port Act, and he was appointed to a committee established to provide relief to the Bostonians. This show of support for the patriot cause led to his becoming one of three men, one from each county, named to sign a 30,000 pound issue of paper currency by the Assembly. In early 1776 he cast his fortunes with King George III. The Delaware Assembly ordered his arrest in February of 1777, but by that time he was already in hiding. After evading several efforts to arrest him, Manlove, with fellow Tories, Thomas Robinson and John F. Smyth, fled to the British ship “Preston” in the Delaware Bay in March 1777. An “Act of Free Pardon and Oblivion” passed by the Delaware Assembly on June 26, 1778, specifically exempted Boaz Manlove and 45 other Tories from pardon for their dee... read more

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