A. B. Woodruff to James Inglis Junior for $18.00
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History of an old check from Paterson, New Jersey.
A.B. Woodruff wrote the check to James Inglis Junior in 1878. Absalom B. Woodruff was a lawyer who lived at 159 Main and had an office at 38 Market Street. James Inglis Jr. was a judge, a Civil War veteran, and owned a store in Paterson. |
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1. Front
Paper, 7-3/4 x 2-7/8 inches (19.7 x 7.2 cm)
165 Market Street
No. 22, Paterson N.J. Feb 28 1878 Second National Bank of Paterson Pay to the order of: James Inglis Junior Eighteen Dollars $18.00 (Signed by) A.B. Woodruff (Absalom B. Woodruff) (Check printed by) Corlies, Macy & Co. Stationers, 39 Nassau St. N.Y. The US stamp is Scott catalog number R152: Revenue 2c blue U.S. INTER. REV. / TWO 2 CENTS |
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2. Back
Check endorsement:
James Inglis Jr The red oval stamp is hard to read but looks like "Mar 4 1878 Paterson" |
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A.B. Woodruff wrote the check to James Inglis Junior:
I found this old check and became curious about the payer A.B. Woodruff and payee James Inglis Junior.
Absalom B. Woodruff was a lawyer who lived at 159 Main and had an office at 38 Market. in Paterson.
James Inglis Jr. was a judge, a Civil War veteran, and owned a store in Paterson.
Thanks to the internet and some Paterson New Jersey historians who posted old city directories,
I found out who the people were.
Neither was a relative of mine.
The most interesting thing was that the US government charged a stamp tax to write a personal check.
James Inglis Jr.'s Union Civil War military record:
James Inglis Jr. twenty-fifth Regiment-Infantry-Volunteers, Rank Qr. Mr.
Enrolled Sept. 25, 62 Must'd in Sept. 26, 62 Must'd out June 20, 63 Capt. Co. H Sept. 18, 62: Qr. Mr. to fill original vacancy. Regiment. He took part in Fredericksburg, VA. Dec. 13 and 14, 62: Near Suffolk, VA., May 3, 63. He was a judge and stationer in Paterson NJ. Member of 2nd Presbyterian Church of Paterson NJ. Died June 1, 1914. He married Ella M. Field. Paterson city directory:
Inglis, James carpenter r 165 Market ("r" = residence)
Inglis, James Jr. [Field & Inglis] books & Stationery 117 Main r 43 Main Inglis, Jane wid Charles r 165 Market Field & Inglis Jr, Samuel B. Field & Jas Inglis Jr. books and stationery, musical instruments 117 Main Woodruff, Absalom B. lawyer 159 Main r 38 Market Market Street area now:
3. Market Street area now, Google Maps, October 16, 2013
38 Market Street is the vacant lot between 40 on the left and 36 on the right.
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