Check Issued to E. Remington & Sons and signed by E. Remington III - Autographed For Sale

Check issued to E. Remington & Sons and signed on back by E. Remington III. 4 five cents stamps on back as well! E. Remington and Sons (1816\"1896) was a manufacturer of firearms and typewriters. Founded in 1816 by Eliphalet Remington in Ilion, New York, on March 1, 1873 it became known for manufacturing the first commercial typewriter. There are two versions of the origin story of the first Remington rifle barrel. One holds that the younger Remington wanted to purchase a rifle and lacked the money to buy one so he made his own. The other states that he forged a barrel from wrought iron to see if he could build a better rifle than he could buy. Both versions have him taking the barrel to a gunsmith to have it rifled. Eliphalet II forged his first rifle barrel as a young blacksmith in 1816 and finished second place in a local shooting match with it. Despite not winning the match, he proceeded to make barrels to meet the growing demand for flintlock rifles in the Mohawk Valley. With the completion of the Erie Canal, connecting Buffalo with Albany, commerce in the Mohawk Valley expanded remarkably as did the demand for rifle barrels. To meet the increased demand for rifle barrels, in 1828 the Remingtons moved their forge and foundry from its rural setting to 100 acres (0.4km) of land they had purchased astride the canal and abutting the Mohawk River near a town then called Morgan\'s Landing (later Ilion), New York. The move coincided with the elder Eliphalet\'s death, and Eliphalet II assumed control of the business. In 1839 Eliphalet was joined by his oldest son, Philo Remington (to make the business \"E. Remington & Son\"), and in 1845 his second son, Samuel, also joined th Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.