Archives International Auctions Auction 76 May 4, 2022 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Colonial Banknotes, Colonial Fiscal Documents, Historic Ephemera and Security Printing Ephemera

Archives International Auctions - Sale 76 98 May 4, 2022 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Ephemera - Banking & Finance England 518 518 English Parchment Tally Receipt, 1617 England...., 1617. Unusual parchment tally receipt written in old English script. 12 x 1.5 inches. A tally stick was a long wooden stick used as a receipt. When money was paid, a stick was marked with combinations of notches representing the sum of money paid. The owner of the original tally stick would have received this parchment receipt as a result of a transaction or exchange of money. Rare survival of a medieval form of financial record-keeping, tally sticks and receipts provides the origin of many words used in modern money markets, such as stock (taken from ‘stick’), foil, stockholder, bank stock, and check. According to legend, Wall Street was founded in its present location because of the presence there of an enormous chestnut tree, said to be plentiful enough to supply enough tally sticks for the emerging American stock market. Very few wooden tallys are known of today, as almost all were burned in (and in all likelihood, contributed to) the 1830 fire which destroyed the Houses of Parliament. Rare piece of early 1600’s financial recordkeeping. ( John E. Herzog Collection) ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $160-240 Ephemera - Centennial Exposition - Philadelphia Pennsylvania 519 519 Singer Manufacturing Co. 1876 Handwritten Letter Discussing Singer Centennial Exhibition Building Pennsylvania, 1876. Handwritten letter, two pages long from Singer agent, W.R. Clark, to the Singer Manufacturing Company in New York. Clark discusses the possible donation of the Singer Exhibition building to the Fairmont Park Commission, where it could serve as an ornament to the park. Light black handwriting with the Singer Manufacturing Company’s Exhibition Building depicted at top center, which is likely the building discussed throughout the letter. The Singer Exhibition Building was built for the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, and does not appear to have lasted for long following the event. Fine-VF condition with toning and some writing. �������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $130-200 Ephemera - Civil War and Military Documents Connecticut, Georgia and Ohio 520 520 Civil War Payment for a Volunteer Soldier, Issued in 1862 in Fort Pulaski, Georgia to Union Soldier involved in the fight to take the Fort. Fort Pulaski, Georgia and Connecticut. Lot of 3 pieces Highlighted by a May 1st, 1862,issued warrant for the payment to Jacob Sorvett of Company K, 7th Regiment, from the Volunteer Connecticut Militia for $10. Fort Pulaski guarded the waterway for the port city of Savanah, Georgia and was captured by the Union Army on April 10th, 1862 which the Connecticut 7th Regiment and Jacob Sorvett participated in and successfully captured with minimal loss of life on both sides. The , Includes: “Office of the Surveyor of the Customs, and designated Depositary of Public Moneys at Cincinnati”, 1857 Issued $30 payment receipt from Hiram Strait of Covington, Kentucky, S/N 123; Georgia-Alabama Investment and Development Co. 1892 Issued $2.00 payment for a semi-annual dividend on 10 Shares of the Capital Stock of the same company; and, Civil War, State of Connecticut, (Issued at Fort Pulaski, Georgia) 1862 payment for $10.00 from Major William Fitch, Pay-Master-General, due “from the State...to provide for the organization of a Volunteer Militia” and to provide for public defense, Signed by Jacob Lovett. All are in Fine to XF condition. The battle to take Fort Pulaski from the Confederates was a major success. The honor of being the first Federal troops to garrison Fort Pulaski after the surrender was given to the 7th Connecticut Regiment(3) ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $300-450 New Jersey 521 521 CivilWar Draft and Discharge Document Group, 1862 to 1864. New Jersey and Maryland. Lot includes 4 pieces, all related to John Leary and his draft into the Union Army during the American Civil War, Includes: an Issued 1862 document of discharge for John Leary, due to his scoliosis when he was at Camp Baker in Maryland referring to his enlistment in August of 1861; An issued May 14, 1864 draft document issued by the Provost Marshal’s Office in Trenton New Jersey notifying Leary to report before the 13th of June, 1864, calling for John Leary to report for action in Trenton, New Jersey, or face desertion charges; and an issued June 13th, 1864 document granting draft exemption status for John Leary, due to “lateral curvature of the spine” which was most likely scoliosis; also includes Envelope with writing in pencil which held the documents. Historic Civil War period documents relating to young 19 year old soldier’s ordeal with originally serving in 1861 and being discharged and than being drafted in 1864, but luckily having documents showing his initial discharge due to disability issued on the deadline day for his draft in June of 1864. (4) ���������������������������������������������� Est. $250-400