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Bank Check, technically a receipt for work on the Susquehanna River, 1825.
Bank Check, technically a receipt for work on the Susquehanna River, 1825.

Bank Check, technically a receipt for work on the Susquehanna River, 1825.

$ 7.91

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Type: Receipt
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Modified Item: No
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back

    Description

    Receipt that reads, ".25  RECEIVED of the Commissioners for improving the Navigation of the River Susquehanna, from Columbia to Tide, five Dollars and twenty five cents, for helping up with a Boat from the head of the Canal to Columbia,  May 14th, 1825,  Natham Collins John Enny."  In the early days of the United States, a lot of travel was done on the Rivers.  So the first improvements were to navigation on the rivers--removing snags (fallen trees), rocks, etc.  Back then twenty five cents per day was  good pay.  2 3/4 by 7 1/2 inches.
    Foreign postage is listed for Registered First Class Mail.  If I can send it via eBay, I will refund excess postage.