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Antique Stocks and Checks
READING
BREWING COMPANY, 1913
Check drawn on The First National Bank of Reading.
ASC#1.....$15.00
MERCHANTS
SAVINGS LOAN & TRUST COMPANY, 1874 Check, Revenue Imprint, Farm
Equipment Scene.
ASC#2.....$20.00
ALASKA-YUKON-PACIFIC
EXPO, 1909, Stock Certificate #651 for 5 shares.
Considered one of the scarcest Exposition stock certificates for this very
important event
Condition is very fine & ample margins clear graphics. Scanner
reduces top & bottom edges unfortunately
.ASC#3....$900.00
BALTIMORE & OHIO RR
STOCK , 1867. Magnificent graphics adorn this early 10x6"
very collectible stock certificate. A very prominent railroad executive's name
appears as president, JOHN WORK GARRETT. As. President of .B&O
1858-84. :he freed the road of political control and gave it efficient
management. In the Civil War, the railroad was a main objective of Southern
attack and only Garrett's extraordinary skill and energy prevented its
abandonment. The first rail movement of troops in history, the transfer of
20,000 men from the Potomac to Chattanooga, 1863, was a triumph for Garrett.
After the war, he secured direct routs to Pittsburgh and Chicago and a line to
New York
ASC#4....$500.00
BOND,
one page, quarto, November 27, 1801, Boston. Partially printed bond to the
United States signed by importers James Clas, William Mackay and Joseph Hussey.
Uneven right edge, else Fine.
ASC#5…..$50.00
U.S. NAVY BILL. Partly printed.
In full:
No.17, Exchange for $5,000, U.S. Ship Monongahela, St. Croix W.I. April
27, 1868 . Ten days after sight of this THIRD of Exchange First and Second of
same tenor and date unpaid, pay to the order of S.B. Bissell Commodore, U.S.N.
Five Thousand Dollars in Am. gold coin. Value received which place to account of
U.S. Navy Department under the head of appropriation. Pay of the Navy. To Hon
G. Wells Secy of the Navy Washington, D.C.. James Hay jr. Paymaster, U.S.N.
Endorsed on verso, Pay to the order of Messrs. D. Hanford & Co. Value
received. Signed: S. B. Bissell,
Commodore,U.S.Navy
The Monongahela (1863-1908) a 2078-ton steam screw sloop built at the
Phila. Navy Yard was commissioned on Jan. 1863. Her first service was on the
lower Mississippi River where she was heavily engaged at Port Hudson and
elsewhere. From mid-1863 to the end of the Civil War she participated in the
Gulf of Mexico blockade. On 5 August 1864, she played an active role in the
Battle of Mobile Bay, ramming the Confederate ironclad Tennessee
Following the War, Monongahela was assigned to the West Indies. On 18 Nov. 1867,
she was cast ashore at St. Croix, Virgin Island, by a tidal wave and was
only refloated six month
Beautiful vignettes adorn this large this 8 ½ x 4 ½ ideal frameable financial
instrument printed by Danforth, Wright of NY & Phila..All manuscript is clear &
bold. Prominent navy names add to this sound, attractive, frameable and scarce
document
ASC#6….$125.00
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U.S. NAVY BILL. Partly printed.
In full:
No.15, Exchange for $5,000, U.S. Ship Monongahela, St. Croix W.I.March 12,
1868 . Ten days after sight of this THIRD of Exchange First and Second of same
tenor and date unpaid, pay to the order of S.B. Bissell Commodore, U.S.N. Five
Thousand Dollars in Am. gold coin. Value received which place to account of U.S.
Navy Department under the head of appropriation. Pay of the Navy. To Hon G.
Wells Secy of the Navy Washington, D.C.. James Hay jr. Paymaster, U.S.N.
Endorsed on verso, Pay to the order of Messrs.Moore & Armstrong. Value
received. Signed: S. B. Bissell,
Commodore,U.S.Navy. Pay to the order of Messrs J. Hanford & Co. value in
account. Moore & Armstrong.
The Monongahela (1863-1908) a 2078-ton steam screw sloop built at the
Phila. Navy Yard was commissioned on Jan. 1863. Her first service was on the
lower Mississippi River where she was heavily engaged at Port Hudson and
elsewhere. From mid-1863 to the end of the Civil War she participated in the
Gulf of Mexico blockade. On 5 August 1864, she played an active role in the
Battle of Mobile Bay, ramming the Confederate ironclad Tennessee.
Following the War, Monongahela was assigned to the West Indies. On 18 Nov. 1867,
she was cast ashore at St. Croix, Virgin Island, by a tidal wave and was only
refloated six months later. She was converted to a full rigged sail training
ship for apprentice seamen and for the U.S. Naval Academy’s midshipmen.
Beautiful vignettes adorn this large this 8 ½ x 4 ½ ideal frameable financial
instrument printed by Danforth, Wright of NY & Phila. R&L margins narrowed by
scanner. All manuscript is clear & bold. Prominent navy names add to this sound,
attractive and scarce document..
ASC#7…..$125.00
EXCHANGE & BANKING HOUSE INSTRUMENT. An exciting graphic beauty from
Sacramento City, Cal. in 1853, for $700. Neat engraved vignette of sitting
(Spanish or Indian) woman with an American flag draped over her arm. She also
embraces an eagle who perches on globe of America. Funds placed to the account
of The Atlantic Bank of Boston.
This financial instrument was printed for Page & Bacon Exchange & Banking
House and was printed by the prominent firm Toppan & Carpenter, Casilear & Co.
NY & Phila.
Ideal for framing, measures 8 ¼ x 4 inches.
ASC#8…..$75.00
WERNER-SCHENCK
CO. One
hundred share certificate issued to Franklin Becher, President in 1898. A fine,
attractive engraved vignette and interesting U.S. documentary stamps have create
a handsome financial document for framing Measures approx. 10”x8”. Endorsed by
Franklin A. Becher on engraved verso when sold on January 29, 1899. A couple
of ½ in. separations at foot not entering ornate frame.
ASC#9...$50.00
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