Object OS Vol. 172

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This subseries consists of checkbooks, cancelled checks, and account books. Early checkbooks, written mostly on the Bank of Baltimore contain stubs showing date, recipient, and amount of check, as well as unused checks. Personal business of Treasurers Joseph Townsend and Francis Dallam is intermingled with BES transactions. Checkbooks appear more regularly beginning in 1939; with stubs for checks drawn on Western National Bank and First National Bank recorded the bulk of outgoing payments...