Collection of 13 checks signed by noteworthy 19th-century businessmen, including: steamboat ferry operator and San Francisco mayor Charles James Brenham (2); Chrysler executive, art collector, and philanthropist Walter P. Chrysler Jr. (3); pioneering oilman George Getty (6); banker and telegraph pioneer Moses Taylor; and Cadwallader C. Washburn, who founded a mill that later became General Mills. In overall fine condition.
