Description: |
A note promising to pay for planks for the construction of the Fort Wayne and Lima Plank Road purchased from E.G. Wheeler on June 1, 1948. This image file was derived from a 300 dpi, 8-bit, uncompressed TIFF image that was scanned from the original using a Fijtsu M4097D IPC scanner with Jasc Paint Shop Pro 9. $80.48. For value received I promise to pay to E.G. Wheelock on order eighty dollars and forty eight cents in plank or other sawed materials which the said Wheelock may choose for the construction of the Fort Wayne & Lima Plank Road, to be delivered on the line of said road at a convenient distance from the mill of the undersigned as follows--one third to paid in six months, one third in nine months, and one third in eleven months--from this date. Swan Township Noble County Ia [Indiana]. June 1st 1848, Hiram King. |
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Origin: | 1848-06-01 |
Created By: |
King, Hiram |
Source: |
http://mdon.library.pfw.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cc_acfwhs/id/306 |
Collection: |
History Center Digital Collections |
Copyright: |
Copyright The History Center (Fort Wayne). All rights reserved. May not be reproduced without permission. Requests for reproduction and use should be sent to The History Center: https://fwhistorycenter.org/contact-us/Access to The History Center collection provided by Purdue University Fort Wayne. |
Subjects: |
Plank roads--Indiana Roads--Design and construction King, Hiram Wheelock, E.G. Fort Wayne and Lima Turnpike Company |
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