AUGUST 13, 1874 ***SCARCE***  ~BUDD, SON AND COMPANY~ "AGENCY FOR EASTERN LOANS" ... SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI ... {{{BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED}}} $15,000.00 (2 CENT INTERNAL REVENUE) BANK CHECK WITH "LADY LIBERTY" VIGNETTE ... STAMPED: "PAID" ON BACK AND FRONT ... TO: CONNECTICUT MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT!

(LARGE: 8 1/2" X 3 1/4")

Amazing "147" year old banking history with crisp and clear print!  Few to be found!

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1874 in the United States:

President:  Ulysses S. Grant (R-Illinois).

January 1:  New York City annexed The Bronx.

February 21:  The Oakland Daily Tribune publishes its first newspaper.

July 1: Philadelphia Zoo opens, the first public zoo in the U.S.

November 4:  Democrats regain the U.S. House of Representatives for the first time since 1860.

November 24:  Inventor Joseph Glidden patents barbed wire.

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