Thursday, March 16, 2023

Lake Washington Sanborn of Galesburg, Illinois

In 1882 Lake Sanborn organized the Mechanics Homestead and Loan Association in Galeburg, Illinios, and was elected secretary, a position he held until his death.  Sanborn also represented various insurance companies as an agent.  So he apparently ordered a circular date stamp that could function as his cancelling device no matter what hat he was wearing - lender or insurance agent.   The cancel seemed peculiar to me at first inspection, but after reading his bio, "Agent or Sec'y" made perfect sense.

In 1905, Sanborn was elected Mayor of Galesburg. 


LAKE W. SANBORN
MAR
22
1899
AGENT OR SEC'Y


Lake W. Sanborn
from Notable Men of Illinois & Their State, published in1912


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