Description: Lecompton, KS. Nov. 1, 1856, State Bank, $2, KS-55 G4a, Whitfield 334. Issued obsolete banknote (possibly contemporarily filled out but the bank is only known with remainders), S/N 97, PMG graded Very Fine 20. W. L. Ormsby engraved a few series of notes during the Kansas Territorial period with most from Leavenworth. The State Bank notes from Lecompton are much rarer than the Leavenworth notes. Within the frame of ornate shield corners and filigree, 2 cherubs with floral wreaths frolic across the face of this note in an arcing pattern with two "2" denomination counters flanking the cherubs. The back has 2 intersecting orange dies. Lecompton, founded in 1854, was named for Samuel D. Lecompte, the first Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court. In 1855, the town became the capital of the Kansas Territory. Lecompton was home to many pro-slavery advocates; Kansas was a hotbed of debate on the Abolition issue. Eventually, the anti-slavery forces gained control of the legislature in the elections of 1857, disavowed the "Lecompton Constitution" and repealed the pro-slavery territorial statutes. The victorious Free Soil Party took Kansas into the Union in 1861. This is a very rare note that is rarely if ever seen in auction and was missing from the Eric P. Newman collection