Washington, (D.C.), February 10, 1849. 3 3/4 x 8 in. (95 x 203 mm). Autograph check, signed by fifteenth president, James Buchanan, as Secretary of State, directing the cashier of the Lancaster Bank pay Corcoran & Riggs $600; endorsed on verso by Corcoran. Creasing from original folds; cancellation slits traversing center. Lot includes a printed portrait of Buchanan, as well as a printed mini-biography.