Archives International Auctions Sale 63 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, and Security Printing Ephemera and Historic Ephemera December 9th & 10th 2020

Archives International Auctions - Sale 63 97 December 9-10,2020 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Connecticut 614 614 Colonial Connecticut Handwritten 1780 Payment Document Signed by David Trumbull Lebanon, Connecticut, 1780. Handwritten account of payment of 1,065 and 1/2 silver dollars. Mentions a Captain Ephraim Little and David Trumbull. David Trumbull was born in Lebanon, Connecticut on February 5, 1751, the third son of Jonathan Trumbull, Sr. and Faith Robinson Trumbull. He spent most of his life as a farmer in Lebanon, though he spent many of the Revolutionary War years at the War Office as his father’s right-hand man. During the war David Trumbull helped his father raise and equip troops; he handled the forwarding of supplies not only to the land and naval forces of the state, but to the entire northern army. David served as Assistant Commissary-General under his brother, Joseph Trumbull. David’s wife would later receive a pension for this service. It was during the hostilities, on December 6, 1778, that David Trumbull married Sarah Backus, daughter of Ebenezer and Eunice Dyer Backus of Norwich, Connecticut. David’s brother, Jonathan, had married Sarah’s sister, Eunice, in 1769. Together they had six children, one of whom died immediately after birth. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $90-180 615 615 Connecticut Arms Co. 1860s 2 U/U Uncut Sheets of 5 Checks. Connecticut, 1860s. Lot includes 2 pieces (10 Checks), both uncut sheets of 5 checks for the Connecticut Arms Company. Black text with black border, Allegorical men at work in forge at left. VF condition. The Connecticut Arms Company was located in Norfolk, CT, and manufactured firearms for the Union during the American Civil War. By the war’s end, Connecticut makers had supplied some 43% of the grand total of all rifle muskets, breech loading rifles and carbines (a lighter rifle with a shorter barrel), and revolvers bought by the War Department, along with staggering quantities of small arms and artillery ammunition. (2 Sheets of 5 Checks each for a total of 10 Checks). ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $120-240 616 616 Loomis &Norton, First National Bank, Suffield, Connecticut, 1871 to 1874 Large group of Issued Checks with Adhesive Revenues. Suffield, Connecticut, ca. 1870s. 211 pieces of I/C checks from the First National Bank, located in Suffield, Connecticut. All have green text with a thin green border, Dog with safe depicted at left below an adhesive internal revenue stamp. Fine to XF condition. The First National Bank of Suffield was established in 1864. Unsearched for autographs. 211 pieces. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $75-150 Delaware, Rhode Island & New York 617 617 Delaware, NewYork and Rhode Island Checks & Drafts ca.1850’s to 1880’s. Delaware, Rhode Island and New York. Lot includes close to 120 pieces including 16 First National Bank of Hopkinton, RI drafts with attractive vignettes by ABNC, ca.1879 to 1882; highlights from financial institutions also include Nassau National Bank of Brooklyn; Mechanics’ Bank inNewYork; National Bank of Wilmington & Brandywine, Delaware; Wagner Palace Car Co.; National Bank of Delaware; and the Bank of New York; a Fernando Wood signed New York City check and others. VG to XF condition. Close to 120 pieces. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $140-250 Georgia 618 618 National Bank of Athens, 18xx ca.1870’s Partially Issued & Cancelled Draft. Athens, Georgia. 18xx (1870’s), $-Odd, Partially Issued draft with signature of the president, but nothing else filled out. Black on green border and underprint, Cherub with helmet lower left, reclining young woman with water jug upper right, Imprinted Revenue RN-E4, orange, S/N 9809, Choice AU to Uncirculated Condition, ABNC. Attractive and rare revenue imprinted draft. ���������������������������� Est. $90-150 Kentucky 619 619 Depositary of the United States, 1860’s Uncut Sheet of 3 Checks. Louisville, Kentucky, 1860s. Uncut and Unissued sheet of 3 checks from the Depositary of the U.S. at Louisville, Kentucky, Blue text with blue border and background, Illustration of Liberty with American motifs at left. VF condition. The United States Bullion Depository, often known as Fort Knox, is a fortified vault building located next to the United States Army post of Fort Knox, Kentucky. It is operated by the United States Department of the Treasury. �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $40-70

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