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(JEWISH MERCHANT'S CHECK FROM MEMPHIS)

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(JEWISH MERCHANT'S CHECK FROM MEMPHIS)
<b>652. JEWISH MERCHANT'S CHECK FROM MEMPHIS </b> Partly-printed Bank of Memphis check, 1p. 12mo., Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 5, 1861, made out to a certain N. Greenwald & Co., for the princely sum of sixty two hundred dollars. Research shows that Nathan Greenwald was a well-respected Jewish merchant living in Memphis at the time of the Civil War, and cites that he and other merchants, of the city would, in part: <i>"...Take gold, silver, and precious stones...even...greenbacks...[and] of the kind of money known as Confederate money or white paper we will not take...</i>". The check is finely engraved depicting two young women surrounded by scenes of agriculture and bears multiple cancellation marks indicating that the check was transferred to "<i>Lehmanuel Swartz & Co.</i>". Worthy of further research. Overall very good to near fine.<b> $100-150</b>