Rare 1826 Philadelphia Bank Check Draft Schuylkill Bank by William Meredith - $50 - (Leominster, MA)

William Tuckey Meredith was a noted Philadelphia lawyer, and President of the Shuylkill Bank. His son William Meredith served in the Cabinet of President Taylor. The bank draft measures about 5 3/4" x 2 7/8", or roughly the size of U.S. currency presently. It seems these checks were printed on a large sheet of paper and then cut-out by either the bank or the owner of the account. The check is apparently stamped with a metal die in the shape of a cross which must represent that the check had been presented and paid. [see photo of back of check]. The Historical Society of Pennsylvania houses papers relating to the Meredith family: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE The Historical Society of Pennsylvania Meredith Family Papers, 1756-1964 (bulk 1772-1873) 106 boxes, 148 vols., 61 lin. feet Collection 1509 Abstract: Jonathan Meredith (1740-1811) emigrated from Leominster, Herefordshire, England in the 1750s, and established a successful tannery andfamily with his wife, Elizabeth Tuckey, in Philadelphia.Their two daughters married into merchant families, Mary to Thomas Hawthorn of the firm Hawthorn & Kerr, and Elizabeth to Charles Ogden of Rutgers, Seaman & Ogden. A son, David Meredith, followed his father in the tanning business but temporarily strayed to partner in the firm Andrews & Meredith, which traded goods between France and Philadelphia from 1793 to 1797. Another son, Jonathan Jr., embarked upon a legal career in Baltimore, as did the third son, William, who established an esteemed practice in Philadelphia. William Meredith married Gertrude Gouverneur Ogden in 1795 and they had eleven children. Gertrude was a respected writer and William was commended for his booming legal practice and later, for his appointment as the president of the Schuylkill Bank. Their eldest son, William Morris Meredith, followed his father in the legal p rofession but made his most significant contributions as a Pennsylvania state representative (1824-1828), as the secretar…

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