No. 87963
The United States
H. P. WALTON,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
GROCERIES
THIRD STREET,
KENTLAND, INDIANA
3 (Series D)
Act of May 10th 1869
(OVER.)
X X
On presentation of this bill, I
will allow you a discount of
Five Per Cent.
on a CASH purchase made of me,
amounting to TEN DOLLARS and
upwards. Only ONE bill will be ta-
ken on each purchase, FLOUR and
SUGAR excepted.
A full line of first-class goods always
kept in stock.
NOVELTY AD CO., PUB. PEORIA, ILL [in red-colored seal]
Date: Circa 1870
Source Type: Obsolete Scrip
Publisher, Printer, Photographer: Novelty Ad Company (Peoria, Illinois)
Postmark: Not Applicable
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Remark: This obsolete note is not listed in either Wolka et al. (1978) or Wolka (2018). Given its unlisted status, this note would have a rarity of R-7, meaning that 1 and 5 specimens are known to exist.
The Novelty Ad Company of Peoria, Illinois, is known to have printed notes identical to this Walton note, the only differences being the imprint of the business name and location and the terms printed in the box on the reverse.
For a nearly identical note for a business in LaPorte, Indiana, Wolka (2018, p. 402) mentions that “These notes were designed to very closely approximate the 1862/63 $5 Legal Tender Note face and the $10 Legal Tender Note Back Designs.”
Henry Prentiss Walton was born in Massachusetts on April 25, 1832, the son of Jonathan and Eliza (Locke) Walton. His youth was spent in Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, where he was educated in the common schools. In 1869, Walton moved to Kentland, Newton County, Indiana, where he established a grocery, bakery, restaurant, and hotel business. In 1873, he moved to reside in Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, though he retained his business interests in Kentland until 1886 when he sold them to retire. Walton married Sarah E. Jackson, a resident of Quincy, on November 13, 1873. Henry passed away at Quincy on December 27, 1915, at the age of 83 years, and was buried in that city’s Woodland Cemetery.
Walton appears to have been financially successful. For instance, he was listed as a director of the Kentland & Lafayette Railroad in articles of association papers filed with the State of Indiana on September 29, 1879.
Source Information:
Chapman Brothers. 1892. Portrait and Biographical Record of Adams County, Illinois. Chicago, Illinois: Chapman Brothers. 598 p. [see pp. 241-242]
Collins, William H., and Cicero F. Perry. 1905. Past and Present of the City of Quincy and Adams County, Illinois. Chicago, Illinois: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. 1,124 p. [see pp. 800-804]
The Lafayette Daily Courier, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana; September 30, 1879; Volume 29, Number 156, Page 2, Column 2. Column titled “City News.”
Lafayette Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana; July 18, 1932; Volume 171, Number 13, Page 2, Column 1. Column titled “50 Years in Business.”
Wolka, Wendell. 2018. A History of Indiana Obsolete Bank Notes and Scrip. Sun City Center, Florida: Wendell Wolka. 900 p. [see p. 865]
Wolka, Wendell A., Jack M. Vorhies, and Donald A. Schramm. 1978. Indiana: Obsolete Notes and Scrip. Iola, Wisconsin, Krause Publications. 306 p. [see p.299]
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