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Auction: 313 - Numismatic Collector's Series - Ft. Worth, TX
Lot: 1829

Susquehanna & Lehigh Turnpike Road, (PA), Manuscript receipt for $20 "of Simon & Hyman Gratz...the first payment on two Shares," 1804, #584, toned, fold wear including partial split, , uneven edges, some minor edge loss, about VF. Simon Gratz (1773-1839) was a successful merchant in the Indian trade and founded Gratz, PA; Thomas Jefferson lodged at the Philadelphia boarding-house run by Gratz´s parents - and wrote the Declaration of Independence there.

Estimate
$150 to $200