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Lot 147
Sale 5183 - Books & Manuscripts
Feb 18, 2021
5:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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$1,000 -
1,500
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$1,197
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Lot Description
[Presidential] Madison, James Signed Check
Washington, (D.C.), June 3, 1814. 2 3/4 x 7 3/8 in. (70 x 187 mm). Partially printed check, signed by Madison as president, made payable to an A.B. for $100, and drawn on the Office of Pay and Deposit of the Bank of Columbia; cancellation slits at right, one touching "di" and "n" in Madison; wear at left and bottom edge. Lot includes engraved portraits of Dolley and James Madison, as well as a clipped biographical profile of Madison.