Confederate county treasurer's check, Wythe County, Virginia, April 11, 1864
date: label: date made
content: 1864-04-11
name: label: printer
content: Confederate States of America
label: printer
content: Wythe County, Virginia
notes: label: Description
content: This Confederate county court treasurer's check, likely printed in the field, allowed William Smyth's family to receive service benefits. Smyth served in Virginia's Forty-fifth Infantry Regiment.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Virginia
topic: label: used
content: Printing
label: used
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Civil War Field Printing
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2007.0203.02
label: catalog number
content: 2007.0203.02
label: accession number
content: 2007.0203
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bank check
label: Object Type
content: Letterpress
label: Object Type
content: Relief Processes
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6.3 cm x 13.8 cm; 2 1/2 in x 5 7/16 in