File:PA-Philadelphia-Ch1-1861-100-Treasury-7-30-Jay-Cooke.jpg

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An advertisement from September 1861 depicting a $100 Treasury Note of the 7-30 bond. Although notes were not yet available, Jay Cooke & Co. was accepting subscriptions at its Philadelphia banking house. While the names in the facsimile printed by the Philadelphia Inquirer were fictitious, Major General George B. McClellan was entered representing the Register of the Treasury and Jay Cooke & Co. was entered as representing the Treasurer of the United States. The note was describe for the public as was the anti-photographic nature of the patented green colored ink used by the American Bank Note Company.

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