The check was written to Ruth Converse for $70.00 by Calvin Littlefield (SH319bhusb). Calvin Littlefield was a Lt. Col. during the U.S. Civil War and commanded the 94th New York Volunteers at Antietam. His wife was Laura L. Hungerford, daughter of Philo and Caroline M. (Davis) Hungerford of Ellisburgh, Jefferson county, New York.