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First National Bank of Cooperstown, NY - 1870's dated Check - Town of the Baseball Hall of Fame

Inv# CK1002   Check
State(s): New York
Years: 1870's

Banking Check. Orange imprinted revenue stamp in the center of the check and a nice vignette of a statue of a man and dog. Titled 'Leatherstocking'.

Cooperstown is a village in and county seat of Otsego County, New York, United States. Most of the village lies within the town of Otsego, but some of the eastern part is in the town of Middlefield. Located at the foot of Otsego Lake in the Central New York Region, Cooperstown is approximately 60 miles (97 kilometers) west of Albany, 67 mi (108 km) southeast of Syracuse and 145 mi (233 km) northwest of New York City. The population of the village was 1,852 as of the 2010 census.

Cooperstown is best known as the home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. The Farmers' Museum, opened in 1944, on farmland that had once belonged to James Fenimore Cooper. The Fenimore Art Museum and Glimmerglass Opera are also based here. Most of the historic pre-1900s core of the village is included in the Cooperstown Historic District, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980; its boundaries were increased in 1997 and more contributing properties were identified. Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperstown,_New_York

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Condition: Excellent
Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.
Price: $60.00