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Gold Rush Check Collection

Currency:USD Category:Western Americana Start Price:60.00 USD Estimated At:120.00 - 240.00 USD
Gold Rush Check Collection
SOLD
325.00USDto j*****6+ buyer's premium (74.75)
This item SOLD at 2015 Sep 25 @ 14:30UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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33 checks from the John Conly & Co. Banking firm of La Porte, California. Many with revenue stamps, 1860s. Several from Port Wine as well. La Porte is in southwestern Plumas County, 25 miles south of Quincy and 50 miles northeast of Oroville. It was one of the great placer-mining districts in California. The town was first known as Rabbit Creek and renamed in 1857 after La Porte, Indiana. Hydraulic mining began in the 1850s and continued through the 1880s. The output from 1855 to 1871 was reported to have been at least $60 million. John Conly operated the bank from 1855 until 1871 and became state senator in 1856.











City: La Porte
State: California
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HWAC#: : 28512