1894 **RILEY-GRANT COMPANY** RECEIPT ATLANTA, GA.+NOTABLE: JASPER NEWTON SMITH!

Description: JUNE 1, 1894 ***SCARCE*** ~RILEY-GRANT COMPANY~ "FIRE INSURANCE AGENCY", 28 SOUTH BROAD STREET, ATLANTA, GEORGIA ... ADVERTISING $12.00 RECEIPT ... TO NOTABLE: "JASPER NEWTON SMITH"! (Approximate dimensions: 8 3/8 x 5 13/16".).................................................................................................................................................................We purchased a massive HISTORICAL collection of ephemera from the old estate of "Jasper Newton Smith" and his family. This included his business and personal life. {{Hundreds of items}} Checks, letterheads, billheads, advertisements, jewelers receipts, optician receipts, land maps, bills, titles, land purchases, contractors receipts, personal correspondence etc. These items will be filtered in with our many other special pieces we have for sale. Many one-of-a-kind documents! (Please note: Item will be folded to original folds for mailing.)..................................................................................................................................................................The person we acquired these early pieces from gave us some history of how he found them: About 20 years ago, at an estate sale, I came across an old trunk in the basement of a house scheduled for demolition. I spotted the trunk with my flashlight. When I opened the trunk - to my surprise - it was full of paper documents, mostly from Atlanta and dated from 1867 to 1917. A lot of history here! I asked the 2 elderly sisters who lived in the house how much they wanted for the trunk full of paper documents down in the basement and they didn't know what I was talking about. I went down and got a hand full and came up and they said "Oh that stuff is from our Great, Great Grandfather Jasper Newton Smith." "He was a famous man in Atlanta and he built the first aparments here called "The Bachelors Domain." Later the Bachelors Domain was changed to "The Greater New York Hotel." After the Civil War ended, Mr Smith bought 14 acres at the corner of 14th and Peachtree and went into business manufacturing bricks that were used to rebuild Atlanta after the Civil War. There was a Souvenir book issued to commemorate a few of Atlanta's Civic Leaders during the 1895 Cotton States Exposition. Mr. Smith is in that book (second from last photo). _______________________________________________________________________________ Jasper Newton SmithFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to navigationJump to searchJasper Newton SmithBornDecember 29, 1833 Walton County, Georgia, United StatesDiedAugust 16, 1918 (aged 84) Atlanta, Georgia, United StatesResting placeOakland Cemetery (Atlanta)Other namesUncle Jack "Atlanta's quaintest character"Spouse(s)Rebecca Hawk (married 1856–1870) Fanny Jackson (married 1875–1901)Jasper Newton "Jack" Smith (December 29, 1833 – August 16, 1918) was an American businessman from Georgia. Born in Walton County, he moved to Atlanta following the Civil War where he became a successful and eccentric businessman. Early life and career[edit]Jasper Newton Smith was born in Walton County, Georgia on December 29, 1833 to William Smith and Elizabeth (Brady) Smith.[1] Smith had nine brothers and two sisters.[2] As a child, Jack developed a phobia of neckties due to an accidental near-strangulation, and as an adult he refused to ever wear one.[3] He attended the public county school as a child and worked at his family's farm. At the start of the Civil War, Jack joined the Tenth Georgia Cavalry, but resigned in December 1864 due to an illness.[2]Shortly after the Civil War, Smith moved to Atlanta. In the city, which had been largely destroyed during the Burning of Atlanta, he established a brickyard near the intersection of Peachtree Street and Fourteenth Street in modern-day midtown Atlanta. He had purchased the 14 acres for approximately $100 per acre, with the brickyard producing over ten million bricks before Smith sold the property for a profit. Following this venture, Smith began investing in real estate in downtown Atlanta.[4] By the late 1800s, "Uncle Jack", as he was commonly known in the city, was a successful businessman and prominent socialite. Among his properties was The Bachelor's Domain, a 44-room hotel where each room was called by one of the 44 states in the United States rather than by a room number.[note 1][2][5]Two of the inscribed slabs near Peachtree Center stationIn 1889, Smith built a large commercial building at the intersection of Peachtree Street and Forsyth Street. The building, called "The House That Jack Built", was constructed of granite blocks that had proven unusable for street paving purposes and adorned with marble slabs that had different phrases and sayings, including many Biblical verses.[6] When Smith leased the building and property in 1909, he stipulated that the inscribed slabs should be displayed prominently in any future building or structure built on the property.[7] When MARTA built the Peachtree Center station on the property in 1982, they relocated two of the slabs to a fenced-off area near the subway station entrance, where they still lie.[6]Later life and death[edit]Statue of Smith atop his mausoleum in Oakland CemeteryAlthough Smith was an eccentric and odd man (historian Franklin Garrett referred to him as "an unusual man"), he became well-respected later in his life for his business acumen.[6] He was often referred to as "Atlanta's quaintest character."[4][8]Smith died on August 16, 1918 in Atlanta. Several years prior to his death, Smith had commissioned the construction of a mausoleum in Oakland Cemetery, with a life-sized statue of himself accompanying it.[6][9] According to one story, the sculptor Oliver W. Edwards had originally carved the statue with Smith wearing a necktie. However, Smith, who refused to wear neckties, refused to pay until the tie was removed from the sculpture. Despite Smith's well-documented dislike of neckties, the veracity of this story has been questioned, including by the daughter of the sculptor.[10] Another story claims that when Smith became aware of a vine that had climbed the statue and wrapped itself around the statue's neck, he went to the cemetery and personally removed the vine.[4] As one of the first statues built on the original 6 acres of the cemetery, he is sometimes referred to as the "Mayor of Oakland"._______________________________________________________________________________ We strive to find rare and unusual vintage pieces to match up with your special collection. Returns are readily accepted if the item(s) is the same as described. Item(s) must be must be in the exact condition as delivered. Buyer pays return shipping. Items $30.00 or more will be shipped with tracking. Items $200.00 or more will be shipped with insurance. 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