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Engraved bank note, accomplished by hand, New York, 27 December 1839, confirming payment for two cargoes of cotton

by Beers, J.D

Price: $40.00


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Book desription: NY, 1839. not bound. Fine. One leaf, printed by Coolidge & Lambert, 57 Wall St.; copper-engraved devices. The note declares: "Sixty days after sight of this third [note] of exchange (first and second unpaid) pay to the order of S.V.S. Wilder, Forty two hundred Pounds Sterling, received of him as an advance on Two Cargoes of Cotton, shipping per Alexander at Savannah & Rose at Mobile." Signed by J.D. Beers, President of Messrs. Humphreys & Biddle, Liverpool. 4" x 9".

  • Bookseller: R & A Petrilla, Booksellers US (US)
  • Bookseller Inventory #: BOOKS012336I
  • Format/binding: Not bound
  • Book condition: Fine
  • Quantity available: 1
  • Place: NY
  • Date published: 1839
  • Keywords: MANUSCRIPTS & DOCUMENTS ENGRAVING BANK NOTE SAVANNAH, GEORGIA FINANCE MOBILE, ALABAMA COTTON MARITIME SHIPPING
  • Subjects: ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Paper Ephemera;

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