[JeremyW]

Not really a earth-shattering find or anything, but I thought it was very interesting. The following information is from an interesting article on A.J. Cartwright that I borrowed from SABR:

Documentation of Cartwright's doings between June 1846 and March 1849 is scarce. He undoubtedly worked at his stationery and book store with his brother Alfred on Wall Street, volunteered in fighting fires when emergencies arose, spent time with his wife Eliza and two children, DeWitt and Mary, and kept playing base ball with the Knickerbockers. (SABR)

So among the many things Cartwright was doing to keep busy, printing bank checks with Alfred can now be included. Like I said before, nothing ground-breaking here, but still exciting. It also is the oldest baseball related piece in my collection. Thanks for reading.

Forgot to mention, I don't know how to equate $3K to today's dollars, but that had to be a small fortune back then.