Receipt

Name/Title

Receipt

Entry/Object ID

JJA.1952.2m

Scope and Content

This is a receipt from Audubon & Bakewell. Transcription is as follows: "Paid 10th Jany. 1818 - $2134.- Shawaneetown 10th. Jany 1817 Twelve Months after date I promise to pay to Audubon & Bakewell on order Twenty one hundred thirty four Dollars, without defalcation value received. Witness: Ralph Hall (signature torn away)." Opposite side reads, "Recd. on acct of the within One Thousand Dollars - Shwaneytown J. Dec. 9th. 1817, John J. Audubon."

Collection

Susan S. and Lillian Towles Collection

Lexicon

Search Terms

Document Types, Receipts, Shawneetown (Ill.), Illinois

Dimensions

Height

4-3/8 in

Width

7-7/8 in