There are no restrictions on access, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested.
This collection is organized in three series: Delaware Currency, Rhode Island Currency, and Rhode Island Records. The items are arranged chronologically within each series.
This collection contains 26 pieces of currency, of varying types, issued in Rhode Island between 1775-1929, one bank note issued in Delaware in 1759, and 5 documents related to the fiscal history of 18th century Rhode Island. The Delaware note was printed by Benjamin Franklin, whose brother James Franklin founded the first printing shop in Newport, Rhode Island.
Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Researchers should note that compliance with copyright law is their responsibility. Researchers must determine the owners of the literary rights and obtain any necessary permissions from them.
Frost Currency collection, Ms.2012.031 Brown University Library.
The bank notes and documents in this collection were collected by Michael Freezy Frost. He was born in 1932 in Tulsa, Oklahoma and died on February 08, 2012 in McAllen, Texas. He attended Tulsa University and Rice University. In 1953, he married Sandra Decker, and in 1961 he moved his family to McAllen and began to work in the produce industry, first as a farmer and then as a shipper.
This collection was a gift from Cynthia Frost in memory of her father Michael Freezy Frost on June 6, 2012.
Includes an act regarding the penalty of death for counterfeiting the Bills of Credit emitted by the Colony.
Front page article on the estimated taxes collected by Congress.