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Garrard & Craig, 1866 Issued Promissory Note Partially Paid with Shipment of Cotton

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Paper Money - United States Start Price:90.00 USD Estimated At:140.00 - 260.00 USD
Garrard & Craig, 1866 Issued Promissory Note Partially Paid with Shipment of Cotton
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Louisiana and Mississippi, 1866. $312.93 Issued 8% Promissory Note, Handwritten on lined paper, appears to mention the exchange of cotton at bottom. 8 Adhesive revenue stamps in orange are on back, with Garrard & Craig handstamps. Fine condition with faint staining at top right, and some toning from adhesive stamps. Garrard & Craig (also known as Garrard, Craig & Co.) was a cotton firm in New Orleans. Evidently, Wilbur Leger, the signer of the note had gotten and advance from Garrad, Craig & Company for his cotton shipment.