1860 Handwritten Receipt –S.W. POPE & Co. to A.M. Davis SIGNED MACHIAS MAINE ME
Approximately 8" by 2.75"
Original 1860 handwritten receipt dated July 12th. Issued by S.W. POPE & Co., requesting payment of forty dollars to A.M. Davis. The reverse is endorsed and signed by Davis, noting receipt of the payment. A fine example of pre-Civil War financial correspondence with bold period ink and elegant cursive handwriting.
Perfect for collectors of antique financial documents, 19th-century business ephemera, or early American manuscripts.
Front (main content):
Received July 12 1860
Dear Sir,
Please pay
A. M. Davis Forty Dollars
& we will account to you
for sameS. W. Foster & Co
Back (endorsement):
A. M. Davis
Rec’d $40.00
July 12 / 60