1840
by Broadside; Perkins, E H.
1840. With Poignant Manuscript Notes [Broadside]. Perkins, E.H. $200 Reward! Lost in This Village on Tuesday Evening the 21st Instant, A Roll of Bank Bills, Containing about $1,700. Geneseo, NY: January 22, 1840. 7-3/4" x 10-3/4" broadside, text in single column below headline. Light browning and a few tny light stains, horizontal and vertical fold lines through center, minor tears beginning to form on folds, annotations in contemporary hand to upper and lower margins. $350. * The annotations read: "Mr. Perkins had this money in his house when a fire broke out in the village which he went to see, carrying the money in his pocket for safe keeping" and (truncated)
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