Folsom Drug Store [Cancelled Checks, 1900]
Descriptive Object
Identifier:
OBJ.O.1999.12
Description
A set of 24 cancelled checks from Folsom & Co., Druggist in an Eastern Trust and Banking Co. envelope, part of the estate of Mark Melville Folsom (1836-1900). Before Folsom's Drugs with his brothers, Major M. M. Folsom fought in the 11th Maine Regiment during the Civil War. In 1871, he also established the Hersey Light Infantry in 1871, a division of the state militia based in Old Town.