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Spinner, Francis Elias (1802-1890) [Checks from the First National Bank of Florida]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03410.03.05 Author/Creator: Spinner, Francis Elias (1802-1890) Place Written: Jacksonville, Florida Type: Document signed Date: 4 June 1880- 3 October 1888 Pagination: 10 items ; 7.5 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

All checks are signed by Spinner. Dates, corresponding recipients, and corresponding amounts are as follows: 4 June 1880 for $500.00 (contains a docket also signed by Spinner); 1 July 1880 for $30 to Anna [Aspen?]; 10 September 1881 for $25 to Jennie H. C. Moore; 16 September 1881 for $20 to Jennie H. C. Moore (contains a docket by A. C. Cooke certifying payment); 1 December 1881 for $11.30 to Josephine C. S. Schumacher (contains Schumacher's signature on verso); 6 November 1882 for $26.42 to himself (contains Spinner's signature); 4 June 1885 for $20 to himself (contains Spinner's signature); 16 June 1885 for $26.38 to J. M. Schumacher; 13 September 1888 for $35 to J. M. Schumacher (contains Schumacher's signature on verso); 3 October 1888 for $200 to J. M. Schumacher (contains Schumacher's signature on verso). The majority of checks contain a First National Bank of Florida stamp on verso.

General Spinner served as a United States Representative from New York 1855-1860 and Treasurer of the United States 1861-1875.

Spinner, Francis Elias, 1802-1890

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