Pictorial Receipt Accomplished in Manuscript
Philadelphia, PA / New York: Philadelphia Steam Propeller Com'y / Bunce & Co., 1863. Very Good -. Item #46671
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Steam Propeller Com'y, 1863. Broadside receipt (25x20cm) printed on lined paper; engraved illustration of a steamer at head of sheet, text accomplished in manuscript. Old fold lines, light ink splattering, long closed tear slightly affecting illustration without loss. Good to Very Good overall. Printer's slug of Bunce & Co. in New York at bottom edge of illustration.
Scarce Civil War-era receipt from the steam company's Swiftsure Line recording the delivery of ten casks of dry lead from the lead manufacturer Robert Colgate & Co., delivered to the Philadelphia-based paint manufacturer C. Schrack & Co. Signed and dated Nov. 19, 1863.
Price: $250.00