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Sumner, KS- Sumner Company $3 May 29, 1858 Whitfield 384 PCGS Very Fine 25. . ...
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Sumner, KS- Sumner Company $3 May 29, 1858 Whitfield 384 PCGS Very Fine 25.A rare note with great historical importance. It comes from a settlement founded in 1856 by Free State supporters from Massachusetts just three miles downriver from nearby Atchison. This quixotic venture was made even more problematic as Atchison and the remainder of the county were overwhelmingly populated by pro-slavery advocates. To highlight the political differences, the newly established community was named "Sumner," the equivalent to waving the proverbial red Free State flag in front of the pro-slavery bull. Although many likely thought the community took its name from Charles Sumner, the anti-slavery Senator from Massachusetts who was attacked on the floor of the Senate by South Carolina Representative Preston Brooks one day after his "Crime Against Kansas" speech, it actually was named in honor of the Senator's brother George Sumner, a major stockholder in the town company. Despite being denied the opportunity to become Atchison County seat, the venture thrived for a couple of years, with Sumner reaching a population of 2,000 in 1858, about 500 more than Atchison. Unfortunately, the town was beset by a series of natural disasters, beginning with a withering drought that began in 1859 and persisted into 1860. In June of that year a tornado struck the town and blew down or damaged nearly every building. This was followed in September by a visitation of grasshoppers. These calamities were climaxed with the appearance of a second tornado in June of 1861, which became the death blow to the settlement. By that time there were few remaining residents, however, as the outbreak of the Civil War unleashed a destructive mini-Civil War in Atchison County, with the pro-slavery faction driven from their homes in Atchison, soon to be replaced with the former residents of the now abandoned Sumner. The Sumner post office held on until 1868, but soon thereafter the site became a true ghost town. We have had only three notes to offer in all of our auctions combined, all tracing their pedigree to the Newman holdings, with this the sole $3 example.
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2021 April 21 - 23 Central States Currency Signature Auction - Dallas #3582 (go to Auction Home page)
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April, 2021
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