1862 Hydeville Company 15 Cents Merchant Scrip Note - Hydeville Vermont Obsolete - 1862 Vermont Company Fifteen Cent Obsolete Note

This listing is for the photographed 1862 Hydeville Company 15 Cent Merchant Scrip Note. Printed in Hydeville, Vermont. Dated October 1st, 1862. Printed date and signatures, not handwritten. Vignette of an indigenous man on the left end. Crisp Uncirculated (UNC) grade/condition, no signs of circulation! Rarer denomination, as 15 cent notes are less commonly seen with fractional scrip notes! Great find with an incredibly interesting history!

The Hydeville Company was incorporated in 1849, as the note says, and was a lumber and marble dealer company located in Hydeville, Vermont. It was founded by Pitt W. Hyde and Arunah W. Hyde, who were also the signers of this scrip note. The brothers founded the village of Hydeville, VT in the city of Castleton to house the workers of the Hydeville Company and their families. Pitt and Arunah were direct descendants of the founders of Hyde Park, VT. Pitt W. Hyde, along with founding the Hydeville village and company with his brother, also served as postmaster of the village in 1846, Rutland County Senator from 1865-66, and Vermont House Representative from 1862-64, 1870, and 1874. Incredibly interesting Vermont local history!

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1862 Hydeville Company 15 Cents Merchant Scrip Note - Hydeville Vermont Obsolete - 1862 Vermont Company Fifteen Cent Obsolete Note