Putnam, Rufus, 1738-1824 [Check for 139 dollars]

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GLC#
GLC00307.07-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
15 August 1807
Author/Creator
Putnam, Rufus, 1738-1824
Title
[Check for 139 dollars]
Place Written
Marietta, Ohio
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 7 cm, Width: 16.7 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Age of Jefferson & Madison

Check written by Putnam, a Revolutionary War general and founder of a colony in Ohio. He began the colony in Adelphia, Ohio, which later became Marietta, Ohio. He moved to the Ohio country in 1788 as the Superintendent of the Ohio Company. This 139 dollar check was written by Putnam as President of the Bank of Marietta. It says to pay "Messrs. Skinner & Buckingham or order one hundred thirty nine dollars, value received of them, and place the same to account of." Marked to George Simpson, the cashier of the Bank of the United States in Philadelphia. Note on verso says "pay the within contents to Harvey & Worthington." It is also countersigned "Skinner & Buckingham" and "Harvey & Worth" on verso. Paper is extremely thin.

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