(Upper Louisiana) - George Crump payable to John Richardson....\" 800 Weight in Good Merchantable Tobacco\" January 8, 1805. Very Good. An English-language promissory note hand accomplished by George Crump. The note was for merchantable tobacco to be delivered \"October next.\" George Crump petitioned Governor Delassus on June 19, 1800, for 450 arpens of farmland \"on the north side of the Missouri ... having no other views but to live as a peaceable and submissive cultivator of the soil.\" Laid paper, 19.0 cm by 15.0 cm. Extensively endorsed on the back. The document has an excellent face appearance, but the back has long glassine tape repairs on some tears, a lengthy one at the upper left. An interesting English-language transaction using tobacco. English Transcription: I Promis to pay or cause to be paid unto John Richardson Eight Hundred weight of good Merchantable tobacco well presed to be paid on the fifteenth Day of October Next for Value Rec'ed as witness my hand and seal this 28th Day of Jan. 1805 Test George Crump [hand-drawn seal] Gabriel Long Ephraim Ritchason Back Endorsements: I By [hereby] sign over the within note to William Bell for Value Recei'ed as witness my hand Seal this 29th day of Jan. 1805 --Test- Gabriel Long == John Ritchason [hand-drawn seal] 800 lb of tobacco No. 20 Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society \n\n
From Newman VIII (Heritage Auctions, 11/2017), lot 28322, realized $1920. Image and description courtesy of Heritage Auctions, https://ha.com.
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