300 Dollars, Steuben County Bank Check, United States, 1844
date: label: date on object
content: 1844-01-13
label: date made
content: 1844
notes: label: Description
content: This 300 dollar check was made out to A. H. Nichols from the Steuben County Bank of Bath, New York, on January 13, 1844. The check is number 140 in the series, and reads “For Magee and Cook,” for the bank’s president, John Magee, and its cashier, Constant Cook. The Steuben County Bank was chartered for thirty years with a capital of 150,000 dollars on May 9, 1832. Magee was a congressional representative from 1827–1831, an appointment which spoke to his high standing in the community—necessary in a time when banks could go out of business in an instant and personal responsibility for a bank’s fortunes helped spur public confidence in the local bank.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Bath
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: American Enterprise
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Marcia B. Kass in memory of Herbert J. Friedman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2010.0018.104
label: accession number
content: 2010.0018
label: serial number
content: 140
label: catalog number
content: 2010.0018.104
objectType: label: Object Name
content: check
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5.9 cm x 12.4 cm x .01 cm; 2 5/16 in x 4 7/8 in x in