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D. O. Mills 1863 Bank Check with Adhesive Revenue [171089]

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Paper Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 800.00 USD
D. O. Mills 1863 Bank Check with Adhesive Revenue    [171089]

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Sacramento, August 1863 second of exchange payable to John Darlington four hundred dollars in gold coin signed by Darius Ogden Mills. With two shipping vignettes and adhesive 2 cent revenue stamp. Darius Ogden Mills was an art collector, California pioneer, merchant, banker, real estate investor, hotelier (Mills Hotel) and philanthropist who established the first banking house in California (Gold Bank of D. O. Mills & Co.). He served as president of the New York Botanical Garden and a trustee of the American Museum of Natural History, Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Geographical Society, and the Lick estate and Lick observatory. Sacramento California