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Rhodes & Co. Bankers, 1854-55, Checks (13) [173917]

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Wells Fargo & Express Co's Memorabilia Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 400.00 USD
Rhodes & Co. Bankers, 1854-55, Checks (13) [173917]
SOLD
100.00USD+ (25.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2023 Dec 10 @ 16:19UTC-8 : PST/AKDT

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Express & Banking Office of Rhodes & Co. Bank Checks from 1854-55: 1) #1046, 1854 for $10, paid. 2) #1235, 1854 for $200, paid. 3) #1268, 1854 for $28.30. 4)#1293, 1854 for $600. 5) #1437, 1855 for $189. 6) #1464, 1855 for $106. 7) #1828, 1855 for $100. 8) #1899, 1855 for $400. 9) #1907, 1855 for $150. 10) # 3065, 1855 for $150. 11) #149, 1855 for $200. 12) #211, 1855 for $4000. 13) #558, 1855 for $200. All in very good condition, in protective sleeves. Many are signed by F. W. Blake [Frank William Blake] as agent for Rhodes & Co. Blake was an assayer and the agent for Rhodes in Weaverville beginning in 1852. Some are signed by well-known WF agent Wadsworth. Very little survives today from this remote important gold mining camp located in the middle of the Trinity gold region in far northern California. Weaverville was the business center for the all the Trinity River region. The entire northern gold region’s business center was Shasta. From there, all business matters went south, either to Marysville or Sacramento. This is the only piece we have seen from Blake’s involvement in Weaverville. Frank W. Blake was the cousin of Gorham Blake of S.S. Central America fame. After arriving in California from Boston in 1852, Frank settled in Weaverville for seven years, where he eventually opened his own express company. After two years in Sacramento, Frank moved to Carson City for a year, only to leave for Unionville, NV, the “Land of Silver.” By 1863, F.W. Blake was issuing assay certificates and serving as mining secretary for several local corporations. He remained in Unionville until 1866, when he left for Silver City, in southern Idaho, where new gold camps were springing up. He set up a successful assay office and was soon the owner of a jewelry store and additional real estate [Holabird, 2008, 467]. Franklin Collection.









Weaverville, Yreka California Franklin Collection
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