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Lot 27

Sale 5604 - The Presidential Sale
Nov 12, 2020 5:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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$3,000 - 5,000
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$2,000
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Andrew Johnson (1865-69) Signed Check

Washington, D.C., October 31, 1866. 3 3/8 x 8 in. (85 x 203 mm). Partially printed check, from Tennessee businessman and politican Michael Burns to Dempsey Weaver, Vice President of the Third National Bank of Nashville, drawn on the First National Bank of Washington, D.C. for $14,600, and endorsed by Johnson on verso: "Executive Mansion/Nov 5th 1866/Please pay first National Bank/Andrew Johnson." Tax stamp in top left; vignette at bottom left; cancellation cut at right; bank stamp dated November 5th at same. Creasing from old folds. Lot includes an engraved portrait of Johnson.

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