First printer (1756–1813) in Cooperstown, New York, now famous as the 'birthplace' of baseball; it was claimed that Abner Doubleday, the supposed inventor of baseball, regularly played the game on the one-time site of Phinney's farm. First National Bank (Cooperstown, New York) check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Elihu Phinney, payable to Juliette Doubleday for $121.62, March 1, 1877. In fine condition. Although unconfirmed, the payee is ostensibly a relative of Abner Doubleday, who is widely known as the supposed inventor of the game of baseball, in Elihu Phinney's cow pasture in Cooperstown, New York, in 1839.
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