Lot 224
[CALIFORNIA HISTORY]. Partially Printed Manuscript Receipt. One page, Quarto, San Pedro, California, January 29, 1859, on personal letterhead, Los Angeles Star Print. Phineas Banning, a Forwarding and Commission Merchant, was a dominant force in the stage and freighting service for a fledgling Southern California. He was also instrumental in bringing the transcontinental Southern Pacific Railway to Los Angeles by founding the Los Angeles and San Pedro Railroad in 1868, giving the Southern Pacific entrance into the Los Angeles harbor, ensuring rapid growth of the Southland. This document, a rare and early Los Angeles Bill Heading, is an invoice for "22½ Sacks Flour." Fine.
Estimated Value $50 - 100.
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