Trade card for Legg & Shaw, purveyors of hardware and general goods in Nevada City, California, with a manuscript receipt on the verso

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Sale 449: Rare Americana - Travel & Exploration - Cruise Ship Memorabilia - Cartography (#449) 03/10/2011 1:00 PM PST Closed
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Lot #22Trade card for Legg & Shaw, purveyors of hardware and general goods in Nevada City, California, with a manuscript receipt on the verso

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Sale 449: Rare Americana - Travel & Exploration - Cruise Ship Memorabilia - Cartography (#449) 03/10/2011 1:00 PM PST Closed
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Heading:

(California - Nevada City)

Title:

Trade card for Legg & Shaw, purveyors of hardware and general goods in Nevada City, California, with a manuscript receipt on the verso

Author:

**

Place Published:

Nevada City, CA

Date Published:

c.1870

Description:

7x12 cm. (2¾x4¾"), printed on recto.

Trade card for a store in the bustling gold mining town of Nevada City, the most interesting feature of which is its use as a waybill for goods "Shipped by Legg & Shaw to St. Charles Hill Gold M. Co., c/o Hotel Goodyear Bar, 9 Kegs Nails, 5 bdls Iron..., 1 pkg axes..., 1 box Bolt Ends," a total of 12 items, the weight given for each, with the total coming to 2630 lbs.

Condition:

Very good condition.

Item#:

213812

Headline:

Trade card for Legg & Shaw, Nevada City, Cal.
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