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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 1192746, member: 12789&quot;]The colouring of the ink seems off to me.&nbsp; But then there is the possibility that whatever was used as an adhesive to the paper backing could have altered it&#039;s colouring to a greyish blue.</p><p><br /></p><p>I just notice that the ink flow doesn&#039;t vary at all - in fact it is all the same chord thickness - which would suggest a later date ie 1940&#039;s on up writing instrument.&nbsp; Any manuscript from that era shows some degree of variation in the thickness of the ink flow - had to write fairly rapidly by comparison to today&#039;s writing instruments.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>That all said, doing a bit of research I have found that the The Granville Alexandrian Society Bank was opened in 1816, failed in 1817 - subsequently re-opened but failed for the last time in 1837.&nbsp; The building the institution used during that time is still there in the town.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.360cities.net/image/museum-bank-of-alexandrian-society-granville-ohio#-439.82,-6.43,70.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.360cities.net/image/museum-bank-of-alexandrian-society-granville-ohio#-439.82,-6.43,70.0" rel="nofollow">http://www.360cities.net/image/museum-bank-of-alexandrian-society-granville-ohio#-439.82,-6.43,70.0</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]125186.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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