Item #65416 NOTARIZING A DEFAULT ON A PROMISSORY NOTE, in a partly printed document, completed in manuscript, April 17, 1818, in Cleveland, Ohio, and signed by A.W. Walworth, as notary public attesting to its provisions: James Hezless promising to pay “Day & Swift” 500 dollars at the Commercial Bank of Lake Erie within 90 days.; Those provisions are given in the upper half of the document (headed “United States of America” which is printed around a patriotic cut of the American eagle, 2 ¼ x 1 ¾ inches), with the default printed in the lower half (appropriate names entered in manuscript): when presented with the note as 90 days came due, it could not be cashed because Hezless had not deposited the money at the bank.

NOTARIZING A DEFAULT ON A PROMISSORY NOTE, in a partly printed document, completed in manuscript, April 17, 1818, in Cleveland, Ohio, and signed by A.W. Walworth, as notary public attesting to its provisions: James Hezless promising to pay “Day & Swift” 500 dollars at the Commercial Bank of Lake Erie within 90 days.; Those provisions are given in the upper half of the document (headed “United States of America” which is printed around a patriotic cut of the American eagle, 2 ¼ x 1 ¾ inches), with the default printed in the lower half (appropriate names entered in manuscript): when presented with the note as 90 days came due, it could not be cashed because Hezless had not deposited the money at the bank.

(Pittsburgh, PA): Butler & Lambdin Printers, nd [1810s]. Printed for “A.W.Walworth, Notary Public, residing in the Village of Cleaveland [sic], in the state of Ohio,” for the cashier of the bank. The first printing in Cleveland occurred in 1818, with the October publication of the “Cleaveland [sic] Register.” Dr. Isaac Swift and Seth day bought out a store, added medicines to the inventory, and operated it, 1816-1820. Folded; ink calculations and docketing on verso. Item #65416

Price: $250.00

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