Battle Creek, Michigan. Oct. 21, 1873. Partly-printed check payable in the amount of $125.00. Vignette of standing liberty at left. Litho. Pen cancellations on front. Couple of folds. Fine.

Buffalo, March 7, 1884. Green. Partly-printed check payable to American Express Co. in the amount of $297.82. Vignette of a steam locomotive at left. Litho. Stamp canceled. Small margin tear at bottom. Fine.

Paul W. Tibbets, Jr. (1915 – 2007), U.S. Air Force Brigadier General. He is best known for piloting the Enola Gay which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. DS. 6” x 2 ¾”. Check drawn on Bank One, Columbus, Ohio. Dated March 4, 1995 and payable to AT & T Universal Card in the amount of $45.71. Signed by Paul W. Tibbets as maker. Bank cancellation along top margin. Fine.

1883, Hagerstown Bank Check. Vignette of an allegorical female blowing a horn sitting atop a globe with a vignette of the bank at right corner. Dated Aug 20, 1883. Measuring 7 3?4” x 3 ¾”. Very Fine.

Massachusetts. Hope Bank, Warren. September 22, 1832. To the cashier of “Marine Bank, New Bedford, pay Joseph Adams, $513.58. Bank cut cancellation, all paper intact. Folds. Extremely Fine.

James Russell Lowell (1819 – 1891). American poet, editor and diplomat. One of the “Fireside Poets”. DS. Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 5, 1877. 1 page. 8” x 3”. Partly-printed bank check drawn on the Charles River National Bank payable to J. H. Wyeth & Co. in the amount of $51.00. Accomplished in Lowell’s hand and signed by him as maker. Couple of bank punch cancellations not affecting the manuscript text. Excellent.

Mississippi. Planter’s Bank, Natchez. June 5, 1833. Payable in the amount of $250. Engraved vignette of seated female allegorical figures at bottom. Chartered in 1830, the bank became the largest in the state. Pen cancelled and Very Fine.

Rupert Hughes (1872 – 1956). Historian, novelist film director and composer. Uncle of Howard Hughes. DS. 1 page. 6 ¼” x 3”. New York, March 20, 1931. Partly-printed bank check drawn on The Fifth Avenue Bank payable to Porto Rico Child Feeding Committee in the amount of $25. Signed by Hughes as maker. Bank punch cancelled. Fine.

Baltimore, 18--. Uncut sheet of three remainders of a printed check for D. Tanners Stereograph, Philadelphia account. Litho. Excellent.