Received

Check, dated August 18, 1899, in the amount of thirty dollars.

I can't quite make out the note at the bottom.

Found in "Famous Pictures" by Charles Barstow. Published by The Century Co., 1913.

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15 comments:

  1. Firewing3333February 13, 2012 at 11:18 AM

    From 1899, wow! Wonder how much it would be worth now.

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  2. Emmaleigh504February 13, 2012 at 11:26 AM

    Looked it up on an inflation calculator and it is about $775 in today's money.

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  3. BurtonReview February 13, 2012 at 12:03 PM

    hmmm
    looks like
    Received...in full for some(?) _____ now at Mr Mathew office..
    ?

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  4. Lori AndersonFebruary 13, 2012 at 12:55 PM

    I love the elegance of the writing in these old things.

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  5. Reading RamboFebruary 13, 2012 at 3:12 PM

    So he never cashed it? That must've sucked losing it.

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  6. SapphireFebruary 13, 2012 at 3:35 PM

    wow.. $775 in current money..that's quite a lot of money..
    and such an old check...

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  7. filbertFebruary 13, 2012 at 4:58 PM

    I think it says it was for a "corn harvester new at Mr Mathers office".

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  8. JenFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:17 PM

    Wow -- interesting!! And I'm curious about the book, as well. :)

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  9. Lisa ShaferFebruary 13, 2012 at 9:01 PM

    Thanks, Emmaleigh. I was figuring that $30.00 would be quite a bit of money in 1899.....

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  10. mike zimFebruary 13, 2012 at 9:34 PM

    MAN, I been LOOKIN' for that! What a load off my mind.

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  11. HarmonFebruary 13, 2012 at 10:49 PM

    That's not a check - it's a receipt.

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  12. Timothy CahillFebruary 14, 2012 at 7:15 AM

    It is most certainly a receipt, not a check.

    And it does indeed seem to be "in full for . . . Harvester — new" That may be the word "corn," but I'm not convinced.

    the next line appears to be a notation of where the transaction took place: "at the Mathers. office"

    (signed) McCormack Hannibel, per H. M. Field, Atty

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  13. Elin GregoryFebruary 14, 2012 at 9:43 AM

    Thirty dollars for a corn harvester [or maybe com[bine] harvester]! What a gem.

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  14. K. Henderson Fine ArtFebruary 14, 2012 at 9:56 AM

    "In full for corn harvester Now at the Mathen office"

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  15. MoonshadowFebruary 14, 2012 at 11:04 PM

    Read about corn harvesters here... http://books.google.com/books?id=dJlJAM_hJD0C&pg=PA41&lpg=PA41&dq=antique+corn+harvester&source=bl&ots=tffTWt39nm&sig=AEd6WAGP2ZG9pGyxqZafvj_Xx84&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DC47T9-7IoXy2gXy7pWYCg&sqi=2&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=antique%20corn%20harvester&f=false

    Do a Google search for "antique corn harvester"

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