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Bank check from Cashier of the Otsego County Bank; Agreement for Cooper's Naval History

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Description: Also enclosed: Agreement with H. and E. Phinney (mssHM 34540), Abridgement of Navel History (mssHM 34541), receipt (mssHM 34542).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1834-1845.
Call number: mssHM 34538-34542
Creator: Cooper, James Fenimore (1789-1851)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Paulding-Bernheim sale, no. 390, January 1919.
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Burton, Isabel, Lady, 1831-1896. 1 letter to [Miss] ----- Bishop, A.L.S. (2 p.), (1883, July 26), Trieste (Austria)

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With envelope. Also enclosed: typewritten transcription and research notes (3 p.). Cataloger's Note: Miss Bishop was the niece of Dr. George Bird but there is no agreement as to her full name: "Miss E. H. Bishop" (Lovell); "Miss H. E./H. Ellen Bishop" (Kirkpatrick & Casari).

HM 78802

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McKinley, A. 6 letters (1881) to "The Cashier, Pima County Bank."

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The correspondence series contains 961 letters and is organized alphabetically by author. The series consists of a large number of letters written to the Jacobs brothers and their mercantile and banking operations. The collection includes letters from individual customers and businesses regarding their accounts, letters from other banking institutions regarding customers, and letters from suppliers and shippers regarding the mercantile business. The correspondence also includes a significant number of letters written within the Jacobs family. There are number of early letters from Mark Jacobs to his wife, Hannah, as well as a few written to his sons, Lionel and Barron. There are also quite a few letters written by Lionel to Barron as well as a few from their youngest brother, Albert, and a number from their sisters and brothers-in-law. The financial documents series contains 2,191 documents, sorted and alphabetized by type and then by institution or organization. The bulk of financial documents consist of processed checks, collection and returns forms, and receipt postal cards. The financial documents also include account books, balance sheets, bills, inventory lists, order forms, protest cards, receipts, and tax receipts. These documents reflect both the mercantile and banking enterprises of the Jacobs family including L. M. Jacobs and Company, Pima County Bank, Agency Pima County Bank, Cochise County Bank, and First National Bank.

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Bank check from Cashier of the Otsego County Bank; Agreement for Cooper's Naval History

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