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Two Interesting Banking Pieces from Folsom #102274

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Two Interesting Banking Pieces from Folsom  #102274
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1) First of Exchange. # 298,762 to CTH Palmer "in Gold Coin". 1867. Two cent United States Revenue Stamp. Also 20c California First of Exchange stamp. Stamped 'PAID, APR 17, 1867." Addressed to CTH Palmer. Endorsed on back from Palmer to William Derby. Good condition with rips at corners and small tears on borders. 2) Granite Banking House. Received from E Rulison $75 in 1864. Blue 2c Bank Check stamp on front. Palmer was also an assay house. Folsom is named for Joseph Libbey Folsom who purchased Rancho Rio de los Americanos from the heirs of San Francisco merchant William Alexander Leidesdorff, and laid out the town called Granite City, mostly occupied by gold miners seeking their fortune in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Though few amassed a great deal of wealth, the city prospered due to Joseph Folsom's lobbying to get a railway to connect the town with Sacramento. Joseph died in 1855, and Granite City was later renamed Folsom in his honor. Today it is known for 'Folsom Prison Blues.' ALSO includes a copy of a broadside for Palmer & Day , Assayers. State: California City: Folsom Date: 1864, 1867