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Sale 5657
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Estimate$200 – $300
Philadelphia, December, 7, 1837. One sheet, 7 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. (184 x 171 mm). Partially-printed Girard College for Orphans Treasury document made out to Joseph Cowperthwait, cashier at the Second U.S. Bank, for A.D. Bache (future president of Girard College), for $2,000; signed by Nicholas Biddle, as president of the Board of Trustees for Girard; two cancellations holes at center.
Girard College was founded three years prior to this document, in 1833.
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![[Philadelphia] [Girard College] Biddle, N(icholas). Partially-Printed Document](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/4b7c6944-9581-460b-b8b8-132a5e06db66?format=auto&width=1080&quality=75)