{"id":2705,"date":"2023-02-22T11:40:35","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T16:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/?post_type=archive&#038;p=2705"},"modified":"2023-03-28T14:16:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T18:16:24","slug":"merchants-and-planters","status":"publish","type":"archive","link":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/archive\/merchants-and-planters\/","title":{"rendered":"Merchants and Planters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This one-dollar note from the Merchants Planters Bank, 1859, was produced by engravers Danforth, Wright &amp; Co. on Crane banknote paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/savannah-bank-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/savannah-bank-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/savannah-bank-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/savannah-bank-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/savannah-bank-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/savannah-bank-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/savannah-bank-1-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Merchants and Planters $1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"986\" height=\"739\" src=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/savannah-bank-danforth.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/savannah-bank-danforth.jpg 986w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/savannah-bank-danforth-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/savannah-bank-danforth-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/savannah-bank-danforth-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 986px) 100vw, 986px\" \/><figcaption>Merchants and Planters $1, close up <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/savannah-bank-date-danforth-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/savannah-bank-date-danforth-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/savannah-bank-date-danforth-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/savannah-bank-date-danforth-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/savannah-bank-date-danforth-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/savannah-bank-date-danforth.jpg 1122w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Merchants and Planters $1, close up of date, June 1st, 1859<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Danforth, Wright &amp; Co. were customers of Crane &amp; Co. We have correspondence from Danforth to Crane dating back to 1847.  This letter is from 1855 and includes a paper sample.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Danforth-letterhead-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Danforth-letterhead-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Danforth-letterhead-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Danforth-letterhead-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Danforth-letterhead-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Danforth-letterhead-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Danforth-letterhead-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Letter on Danforth letterhead<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Danforth-letter-sample-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Danforth-letter-sample-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Danforth-letter-sample-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Danforth-letter-sample-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Danforth-letter-sample-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Danforth-letter-sample-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Danforth-letter-sample-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The sample included with the letter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2709,"template":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/archive\/2705"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/archive"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/archive"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}