Bank of Ontario - Canandaigua New York - 5 Cents Note - 1862 dated Obsolete Paper Money

5 cents. Bank of Ontario, Canandaigua, New York. Mounting traces on back. Rare! Smaller size note measures 5" x 2 1/4". Stephen A. Douglas was a student at Canandaigua Academy between 1830 and January 1833; he later moved west and was elected as US senator from Illinois. He was the 1860 Democratic Party presidential nominee, losing to Republican Abraham Lincoln. This area of New York was a center of activism for women's suffrage and other progressive movements. In 1873, the Ontario County Courthouse, located in the City of Canandaigua, was the site of the trial of Susan B. Anthony, a leader of the women's suffrage movement, who was arrested for voting at a time when only men were allowed to vote. She was found guilty and fined $100, which she did not pay. John Willys, born in Canandaigua in 1873, operated a bicycle sales and repair shop there, before later becoming a successful automobile manufacturer. Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canandaigua,_New_York