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Lot 20
Sale 5604 - The Presidential Sale
Nov 12, 2020
5:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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$1,200 -
1,800
Price Realized
$1,250
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Lot Description
James K. Polk (1845-49) Signed Document
Maury County, Tennessee, June 18, 1822. 6 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. (158 x 196 mm). Partially printed court document, signed on verso by Polk ("James K. Polk Atty for Pltff"), recording that he received from Sheriff Nimrod Porter the sum of $206.98, for "the principle interest, also my tax fees.", additional transactions recorded on same. Creasing from original folds; tape remnants from old mount on right side recto. Lot includes an engraved portrait of Polk.