Five dollar note from the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Co. of Frederick, Maryland, dated September 9, 1840. Serial number 2009 in ink. Series “D”.
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Nine Months after date
The Chesapeake & Ohio
Canal Company
Promises to pay on Demand at their Office at Frederick
Maryland to [illegible signature] or bearer
FIVE DOLLARS with interest from date.
[Signed] John P., Ingle Clerk
[Signed] Francic Thomas President
