Some random 19th century paper money instruments for Election Day:

R.F. Harris Livery Stables, Columbus, GA, $.25, August 1, 1865. (Payable in National Currency)

Treasurer of Harris County, GA, $5, Payable on/after January 1, 1863.

Advertising note Harris' Printing Office, Philadelphia, PA.

Happy Birthday John Adams! He was not the subject of as many 19th century #banknotesandshinplasters as his son, but here is one with a labeled portrait (lower right) along with John Hancock and sideways John Rutledge. Planters & Mechanics Bank, Charleston, SC, $20, 18--. #history #histodons

I almost missed that today is #nationalcatday so here is an excellent vignette of a young girl sitting in a chair with a cat on her lap while surrounded by chickens. It appeared on a merchant shinplaster from E. Harrison & Co., Irondale, MO, $2 in merchandise at retail prices, 187-. #banknotesandshinplasters #history #histodons

It is #flagday, so here is a shinplaster from a druggist featuring a 24 star flag (used between 1821 and 1836) and a bank note vignette of Oliver Perry transferring his flag from the Lawrence to the Niagara during the Battle of Lake Erie. J.L. Snyder, New York, NY, $.50, 18-- & Jefferson Bank, New Salem, OH, $3, March 1, 1817. #banknotesandshinplasters #history #histodons

Memorial Day bank notes: a detailed image of John Trumbull's The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17, 1775. Farmers & Mechanics Bank, Hartford, CT, $100, 18-- and a dramatic vignette purporting to be the Battle of Lexington. Northwestern Bank GA, Ringgold, GA, $5, 18--. #history #histodons #MemorialDay #banknotesandshinplasters

It is the anniversary of Preston Brooks' brutal caning of Charles Sumner on the Senate floor in 1856. Here is a portrait of a more youthful Sumner on the lower left of a bank note from his home state of Massachusetts. Holliston Bank, MA, $3, October 18, 1854. #banknotesandshinplasters #history #histodons

It is International Crow and Raven Appreciation Day, so here is a bank note with a vignette of cows eating hay while three crows pick up the scraps to the side. The bird theme is continued with a portrait of Winfield Scott (old fuss and feathers). Bank of Germantown, PA, $2, Jan 15, 1862. #banknotesandshinplasters #history #histodons

It is James Buchanan's birthday, so while I am not celebrating, I am posting this bank note featuring his portrait opposite some cows. Producers Bank, Janesville, WI, $3, 18--. #history #histodons #banknotesandshinplasters

For the anniversary of the Battle of Lexington, here is an interesting if not accurate vignette of the action. Northwestern Bank of Georgia, Ringgold, GA, $5, 18--. #banknotesandshinplasters #history #histodons

This #banknotesandshinplasters post seems fitting for today. The bill is from a longstanding New York City institution featuring a vignette of Liberty and Justice. Oh, and it also happens to be counterfeit. Bank of New York, NY, $3, March 1, 1808. #history #histodons

It is the anniversary of Lee's surrender to Grant and today's bank note from 1861 is addressed from Appomattox Courthouse. It features a crude, but effective vignette of blacksmiths at work. Appomattox Savings Bank at Pamplin's Depot, VA, $2, October 1, 1861. #history #histodons #banknotesandshinplasters

Happy Birthday Washington Irving! We celebrate with a note from a bank named for the writer that features his portrait as well as a lovely vignette of his Tarrytown home named Sunnyside. The Irving Bank, New York, NY, $10, 18--. #banknotesandshinplasters #history #histodons #Literature

No trickery from me today, but here is a bank note supposedly signed on April 1 that was later stamped "Decreed to be Spurious or Counterfeit by Chancery Court at Nashville, April Term, 1885." Bank of Tennessee, Somerville, TN, $5, April 1, 18--. #banknotesandshinplasters #histodons #history #april1st

Artemis had a rough morning eating things he shouldn't and spent the day at the vet hospital. He is fine now and sleepy but still excited for today's vignette from #banknotesandshinplasters of a little girl in a chair hugging a cat on her lap. E. Harrison & Co., Irondale, MO, $2, 187-. #history #histodons #CatsOfMastodon

Happy Birthday Casimir Pulaski! Today we see two Georgia #banknotesandshinplasters (he died during the siege of Savannah). One shows the Casimir Pulaski Monument in Monterey Square and the other has his portrait. Bank of the State of GA, $10, May 15, 1862 and Marine Bank of GA, $10, Jan 4, 1855. #history #histodons

March has come in like a lion as we have rain and wind here again in Pasadena, so we celebrate with an amazing vignette of an American eagle subduing a British lion from after the War of 1812. Farmers and Mechanics Bank of Fayette County, New Salem, PA, $5, Nov 18, 1816. #banknotesandshinplasters #histodons #history

For International Polar Bear Day here is a shinplaster from a Philly bar located at the Sign of the White Bear and a bank note from Nashville with a vignette of a polar bear attacking men in a boat. Benjamin Millard, Philadelphia, PA, $.12 1/2, Nov 21, 1814. Union Bank of TN, Nashville, $50, 18--. #banknotesandshinplasters #history #histodons

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For President's Day we have a Civil War era bank note with both a portrait of George Washington on the right and a vignette of Washington's tomb at Mount Vernon on the left. Bullion Bank, Washington, DC, $5, July 4, 1862. #banknotesandshinplasters #history #histodons

Today's #banknotesandshinplasters are for my sister's birthday. She went to Humboldt State (now Cal Poly Humboldt), so go Lumberjacks! Green Bay Bank, Maranett, WI, $2, 18--, Commerical & Agricultural Bank of Texas, Columbia, $2, 18--, Cuba Bank, NY, $5, July 15, 1855, State Stock Bank, Jamestown, IN, $1, 18--. #history #histodons