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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 2788663, member: 12789&quot;]This note was issued when the rebellion was still in it&#039;s tenuous time - the &quot;rebels&quot; still recognized King George III as their monarch, but a mere four months later the signer whose signature in faded ochre would sign a document committing what the British would view as the penultimate act of treason - John Hart would add his signature to the Declaration of Independence:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1252.photobucket.com/albums/hh578/scottishmoney/newjersey15shillings_zpsvphuhhag.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Seldom did Tories, those who continued to support the British continue to ply their trade let alone stay on in what would become the United States a few years later.&nbsp; But Hugh Gaine, a New York printer managed to continue to operate his printing business despite his Tory views:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1252.photobucket.com/albums/hh578/scottishmoney/newyorkcity4s1776fb_zpsmpcrhsvp.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Whilst his Tory leanings were evident throughout his lifetime, he continued to print paper money as this New York City 3d or Threepence note from 1790 attests to:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1252.photobucket.com/albums/hh578/scottishmoney/newyork3d_zpsxoyhxprx.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Few people are aware today that support for the American Revolution and independence from Great Britain was NOT universally popular.&nbsp; It is estimated that approximately only 40% of people were supportive, approximately 20% could care less one way or another and 40% were Tories who were still loyal to Britain.&nbsp; Many of the latter left what became the United States and settled in Upper Canada - today&#039;s Ontario Province of Canada.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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