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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;De Orc, post: 346091, member: 4408&quot;]Have finaly got round to posting my small collection of cheques LOL </p><p><br /></p><p>GB</p><p>Belfast Banking Co, Ballymena branch </p><p>1893</p><p>Cheque (Credit note) £306.8.1</p><p>4 shilling duty stamp red</p><p>Multiple signitures front &amp; back</p><p>Acceptable at G M Curries &amp; Co London for the New Northen Spinning &amp; Weaving Co</p><p>Rec Union Bank of London</p><p><br /></p><p>The bank was established in 1808</p><p>In 1970, the Belfast Banking Company Limited amalgamated with the&nbsp; Northern Banking Company Limited to form what is now known as Northern Bank Limited</p><p><br /></p><p>R F Patterson &amp; C0 </p><p>1897 </p><p>Cheque (Credit note) £245. 8 6</p><p>3 shilling duty stamp red</p><p>Multiple signitures front &amp; back</p><p>Acceptable at G M Curries &amp; Co London for the New Northen Spinning &amp; Weaving Co </p><p>Rec London &amp; County Bank Co Ltd</p><p><br /></p><p>Dont know anything about this one</p><p><br /></p><p>S Smith &amp; Co Bankers of Nottingham&nbsp; </p><p>1892</p><p>Cheque £16.5.0&nbsp; </p><p>1d duty stamp red</p><p>2 sigs to front</p><p>Rev blank </p><p><br /></p><p>est. c.1650s, operate independently as Samuel Smith &amp; Co until 1902. when it joined with the other Smith family banks in merging with Union Bank of London Ltd (est. 1839),&nbsp; to form Union of London &amp; Smiths Bank Ltd.</p><p><br /></p><p>Westminster Bank Ltd Hinckley </p><p>1926</p><p>Cheque £37.5.9 </p><p>2d duty stamp blue</p><p>2 sigs to front</p><p>1 sig to rev</p><p>Rec Barclays Bank Ltd Hinckley</p><p>the Westminster Bank at the time incorperated a number of smaller banks, these are shown on the cheque </p><p>London Count</p><p>Parr&#039;s</p><p>Stuckeys</p><p>Crompton &amp; Evens</p><p>Nottingham &amp; Notts</p><p>Becketts</p><p><br /></p><p>USA</p><p>Wickersham Banking Co Petaluma, California</p><p>1903</p><p>Cheque $6&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>2 sigs to front (1 guardian of a minor)</p><p>1 sig to back</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a Infamous murder connected to this banking family <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://albionmonitor.com/9608a/sw-mystery.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://albionmonitor.com/9608a/sw-mystery.html" rel="nofollow">http://albionmonitor.com/9608a/sw-mystery.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The family was also involved in the &#039;Petaluma and Healdsburg Railroad Company&#039; but they coudn&#039;t raise enough capital to buy a Loco <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> and the whole venture ended in mutual recriminations between the partners LOL</p><p><br /></p><p>Have a look and let me know what you think[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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