Featured in this lot is this Pima County Bank note or check signed by Barron M. Jacobs circa 1881; Provenance: From the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum in Tombstone, Arizona. The check features a wonderfully and professionally crafted construction that is dated Dec. 14th, 1881 and shows a payment of $98.50 paid to the order of Hinkley Spiers & Hayes the named beginning to Fulton Iron Works in San Francisco. Barron Jacobs signature is shown in the bottom right hand corner and the check is numbered No. 6031. Lionel M. Jacobs (1840-1922) and Barron M. Jacobs (1846-1936) were brothers, merchants, and bankers. Their father, Mark I. Jacobs (1816-1894) was an established merchant in San Francisco who sent them to Tucson, Arizona in 1867 to open a new branch of their retail store. Initally called the M.I. Jacobs and Co., the name was changed to the L.M. Jacobs and Co. following their father's retirement in 1875. Following their arrival to Tucson, the brothers found success in their exchange business; gold coin from San Francisco was exchanged for paper money in Tucson. By 1879 they established the Pima County Bank, the first bank in Tucson. The brothers gave up the mercantile part of the business in 1880 to concentrate on banking. They later became associated with the Cochise County Bank of Tombstone (known before 1882 as the Agency Pima County Bank) and the Arizona National Bank (first called the Santa Cruz Valley Bank). The condition of this bank note or check is well preserved with no obvious signs of damage with some browning to the check consistent with age but otherwise shows a well preserved condition. The measurements of this check is 3 1/4" x 8 1/4". J229