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WI. Sinipee. Marine and Fire Insurance Co. $1. July 10, 1844. (WI-470-G8). SHD

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WI. Sinipee. Marine and Fire Insurance Co. $1. July 10, 1844. (WI-470-G8). SHD
<B>WI. </B><I>Sinipee. </I>Marine and Fire Insurance Co. <B>$1. </B>July 10, 1844. (WI-470-G8). Vessels in harbour, top; Persephone, left; young boy with hammer and anvil, right. Includes proof vignette on card of Persephone. Payable at Chicago. SHD / DSH. <B>Uncirculated.</B> <BR>    Well represented by a decidedly larger than typical population of Wisconsin obsoletes. Sinipee was a thriving Mississippi river town with ambitions to rival larger downriver rivals, until early 1839. That year the spring thaw led to flooding which left pools of water in the village; stagnation led to a malaria outbreak which wiped out the town's future in a matter of days.