(Missouri Territory) - Auguste Aristide Chouteau Promissory Note for $110.00 \"... negotiable at the Bank of St. Louis ...\" St. Louis June 10, 1819. Fine to Very Fine. A second note issued by Auguste Chouteau's eldest son, Auguste Aristide. Interestingly, this is from the period the Bank of Missouri (of which the elder Auguste was president) was open, but negotiable down the street at the Bank of St. Louis, perhaps indicating an estrangement between father and son. Hand accomplished in English. A short-term note for twenty days. The banks were becoming insolvent due to land speculations and in the case of the Bank of St. Louis, fraud. The other payable is interesting, but the payee likely had accounts at both banks. Laid paper, 19.0 cm by 10.5 cm. Vertical style docket. The condition is excellent. It has solid paper without splits, and is very nicely penned and styled, with the denomination numerals at upper left. A very rare and important Bank of St. Louis-payable piece. Transcription: $110 St Louis Jun 10th 1819 [Due and undecipherable notation at top] Twenty Days after Date I Promes to Pay Wm. Easdale or ordore [order] the Sum of one Hundered and Ten Dollors for valau [value] Received Paceable [payable] and negoseble at the Bank of St Louis without Dfalcation Witness Thomas [S.?] Bellows Augte A Chouteau 20 31 31 8 90[?] back: C. Chouteau to Wm. Easdale [Mme?] M. Chouteau 62 [at opposite end] Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society \n\n
From Newman VIII (Heritage Auctions, 11/2017), lot 28334, realized $1680. Image and description courtesy of Heritage Auctions, https://ha.com.
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