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Lot 138
Sale 5183 - Books & Manuscripts
Feb 18, 2021
5:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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$500 -
800
Price Realized
$882
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Lot Description
[Presidential] Adams, John Quincy Signed Check
Washington, D.C., March 5, 1835. 2 3/4 x 6 7/8 in. (70 x 174 mm). Partially printed check, signed by Adams, drawn on the Office of Bank U. States, and made payable to the President and Directors of the Union Bank of Georgetown for $2,020.33; endorsed on verso; cancellation strikes traversing some writing and printing at top. Lot includes one hand-colored engraving depicting Adams and Andrew Jackson, as well as one small engraved portrait of Adams.