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(ALBUM.) Group of 19 Checks Signed, by prominent Americans, some drawing on
the Bank of the United States, each mounted in an album, one to a page, rectos only, with
calligraphic title-page and descriptions throughout. Including mostly partly-printed documents,
many with staining recto from adhesive on verso, few with cancellation lines or slices
affecting signature. 4to, blue crushed morocco.
Vp, vd
[3,500/5,000]
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben. Accomplished and Signed, “Steuben,” to Mrs. Daubigny for $120.
New York, 8 August 1791 * Henry Knox. Accomplished and Signed, “HKnox,” to H. Press for
$11. Np, September 1791 * William Hemsley. Autograph check Signed, “WmHemsley,” to Robert
Lloyd Tilghman for $400. Np, 16 March 1811 * Albert Gallatin. Accomplished and Signed, to
“M.C.” for $75. NewYork, 11 December 1823 * John A. Dix.Accomplished and Signed, to bearer
for $100. New York, 21 September 1824 * James Monroe. Autograph check Signed, to Teuch
Ringgold for $300. Oak Hill, 15 March 1826 * John M. Berrien. Accomplished and Signed, “Jn:
MacphersonBerrien,” to “JMB” for $20. Washington, 28 March 1827 * William L. Marcy.
Accomplished and Signed, “W.L. Marcy,” to John Nugent for $50. Albany, 3 November[?] 1828 *
Charles Carroll of Carrollton. Signed, “C. Carroll of Carrollton,” to J.L.M. Smith for $103.25.
Baltimore, 2 February 1831 * James Fenimore Cooper. Accomplished and Signed, “J. Fenimore
Cooper,” to himself for $10.00. Cooperstown, 15 May 1838 * Thomas A. Scott. Accomplished and
Signed, to Mrs. Jane Coussen for $250. Pittsburgh, 12 August 1859 *Winfield Scott.Accomplished
and Signed, to “W.S.” for $60. Washington, 1 December 1852 * Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Accomplished and Signed,“RWaldo Emerson,” for J.M. Cheney for $100. Boston, 29 October 1860
* William H. Seward. Signed, to Riggs & Co. for $1,000. Auburn, 24 October 1862 * Cyrus W.
Field. Signed, to Mr. Lewis Gilbertson for $300. NewYork, 29 May 1878 * Thomas A. Hendricks.
Accomplished and Signed, “T.AHendricks,” to Mrs. C. Baker for $20. Indianapolis, 8 March 1880
* Robert G. Ingersoll. Accomplished and Signed, “R.G. Ingersoll,” to The Sherman Cycle Co for
$300. NewYork, 12 August 1898 *Warren G. Harding.Accomplished and Signed,“WGHarding,”
to “Pay Roll” for $335. Marion, 4 April 1908 * John Burroughs. Accomplished and Signed, to
Charles H. Hickok Music Co. for $72.50. Poughkeepsie, 4 February 1909.
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Eleanor Roosevelt.Typed Letter Signed, to the collector of the present albumWalter E. Kolb,
concerning credit for merchandise:“We may have had credit at one time, but I do not recall it.” 1 page,
square 8vo,“Executive Mansion” stationery.Albany, 29 December 1932.
AMERICANA
LOTS 1-35
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