Broadside Havana Scheme Shelby College Lottery Of Kentucky Z E Simmons Co Managers Class 572 To Be

by Fletcher Co Z E Simmons Co

$125 · Offered by Kuenzig Books

New York, N.Y. Fletcher & Co. November 1864. 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches. Printed in black ink with ornamental border. Folds one short tear reinforced with Filmoplast R , otherwise a bright clean copy. Near Fine. 28314 One of a series of scams to part people with their money, run by a number of people/companies in the 1864/1865 time period. P.T. Barnum in his Humbugs of the World London:1866, pp 128-133

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