Cashier check register

Object/Artifact

St. Mary's County Historical Society, Leonardtown, MD

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2014.018.0113

Description

15 3/4"h x 10 3/8"w x 5/8"d maroon book with cardboard covers bound with buckram with leather spine and corners. A small gold dentil line outlined the corners and spine. The spine had five panels, but no text. On the front cover, 7" from the top in gold, was "Cashier Check Register." the "ister" in Register was very worn. On cover p. 2 was a clever label that allowed the book's owner to tear off an order sheet to get the next book. On cover p. 3, there is a rectangular space cut out of the paper. In the upper corner of each page was printed Form No. 12 Check Register. Each page was numbered in blue ink in an upper corner. There were seven columns: column 1 was Date, month and day, column 2 was Payable To, column 3 was [check] Number, column 4 was Amount, column 5 was Total, column 6 was Date Paid, and column 7 was Issued For. The column for total was always blank. All entries were by hand. More than half the checks were to businesses, as people or companies paid bills. P. 1=Blank P. 2-11=Check numbers 3100-3643 in 1923 At the very bottom of page 11, January 1924 began with check number 3644 P. 12-23=Check numbers 3645-4217 for 1924 In the middle of page 23, January 1925 began with check number 4218-4229 P. 24-30=Check numbers 4250-4589 Numbers 4590-4599 were left blank P. 31-39=Check numbers 4600-5017 were written during 1926 In the middle of page 40, January 1927 began with check numbers 5018-5049 P. 40-48=Check numbers 5050-5478 were for 1927 In the middle of page 48, January 1928 began with Check numbers 5479-5499 P. 49-59=Check number 5500-6028 were all for 1928 In the middle of page 59, January 1929 began with check number 6029-6049 P. 60-72=check number 6050-6684 to cover all of 1929 2/3 of the way down p. 72, January 1930 began with check number 6685-6699 P. 73-88=check number 6700-7497 covering 1930 Only two entries for 1931 were on page 88, check numbers 7498 and 7499 P. 89-[103]=check numbers 7500-8249 covering to December 11, 1931 Between pages 85 and 86, there is a January 1931 memo on bank letterhead about a duplicate cashier's check.

Collection

County Trust Company Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1923 - 1931

Location

Container

County Trust Collection, Box 2

Shelf

Rack 12, Shelf 4

Rack

Rack 12

Wall

East wall

Room

Archives 1

Building

Tudor Hall