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GENERAL PIERRE G.T. BEAUREGARD - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 08/10/1880 - HFSID 253388Pierre G. T. Beauregard fills out and signs a check for $58.88 to pay Louis Barnett. Partly Printed Check signed: "G.T. Beauregard", 8¼x2¾. New Orleans, 1880 August 10. Two-cent Internal Revenue stamp affixed at upper right corner. Check No.
Sale Price $1,360.00
$1,600.00
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GENERAL PIERRE G.T. BEAUREGARD - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 12/20/1878 - HFSID 2785041878 check signed by influential Civil War General Pierre G.T. Beauregard. Check signed "G. T. Beauregard". With pencil notations on verso in unknown hand. 8¼x2½. Dec. 20, 1878. Check no.
Sale Price $1,360.00
$1,600.00
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LT. GENERAL SIMON B. BUCKNER - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 09/21/1898 - HFSID 279505He signs an 1898 sight draft on Standard Oil Company form for $6.50. Check signed: "S. B. Buckner/Ria, Ky", 8¼x3½. Louisville, Kentucky, 1898 September 21. Standard Oil Company bankers' acceptance form no.
Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
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MAJOR GENERAL BENJAMIN F. BUTLER - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 05/23/1877 - HFSID 252220$297.95 check signed by Union General Benjamin F. Butler in 1877, when he was a U. S. Representative from Massachusetts Check signed "B. F. Butler". With unknown endorsement on verso. Pencil notations in unknown hand on verso. 7¼x2½. May 23, 1877. Check no. 187 for $297.
Sale Price $450.00
$500.00
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MAJOR GENERAL BENJAMIN F. BUTLER - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 11/02/1876 - HFSID 254654$260 check signed by Union General Benjamin F. Butler in 1876 Check signed: "B.F. Butler". Unknown endorsement on verso. 7¼x2½. Nov. 2, 1876. Drawn on his account at Merchants National Bank, payable to H. M. Bissell or order for $260.
Sale Price $450.00
$500.00
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MAJOR GENERAL DANIEL BUTTERFIELD - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 05/01/1859 - HFSID 176086Union General Daniel Butterfield signs a check to pay ourselves $20.00. Partly Printed Check signed: "Daniel Butterfield", 8½x3¼. Cooperstown, New York, 1859 May 1. Drawn on the Wells, Butterfield and company sight draft, payable to ourselves for $20.00.
Sale Price $1,020.00
$1,200.00
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MAJOR GENERAL EUGENE A. CARR - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 09/10/1910 - HFSID 278474The Medal of Honor recipient wrote and signed this Riggs National Bank check for $40.50 to A. V. Thornton in 1910, less than four months before his death Check signed "E. A. Carr". 7¼x2¾. Sept. 10, 1910. Check no. 739, made out to A. V. Thornton for $40.
Sale Price $573.75
$675.00
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MAJOR GENERAL EUGENE A. CARR - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 10/03/1910 - HFSID 176089Partly Printed Check filled out and signed: "E.A. Carr", 7¼x3. Washington, D.C., 1910 October 3. Drawn on The Riggs National Bank, payable to "W.B. Moses and Sons" for $13.75.
Sale Price $573.75
$675.00
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MAJOR GENERAL EUGENE A. CARR - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 11/17/1910 - HFSID 177219Partly Printed Check filled out and signed: "E.A. Carr", 7¼x3. Washington, D.C., 1910 November 17. Drawn on The Riggs National Bank, payable to "Treasurer Army &/Navy Club" for $1.50.
Sale Price $324.00
$360.00
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MAJOR GENERAL JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 10/12/1867 - HFSID 179488Civil War legend Joshua Chamberlain signed check to local stonecutter. Partly Printed Check signed: "J.L. Chamberlain", 7x2¾. Brunswick, Me., 1867 October 12. Drawn on the First National Bank of Brunswick. Payable to D.M. Melcher for $65.00.
Sale Price $2,337.50
$2,750.00
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MAJOR GENERAL JOHN A. DIX - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 01/30/1836 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 2589311834 check for $2,500, signed by four commissioners of New York State's Erie Canal Fund, including John A. Dix, President James Buchanan's Secretary of the Treasury in 1861; Azariah C. Flagg, New York State secretary of state and comptroller; Abraham Keyser, Jr.
Sale Price $427.50
$475.00
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MAJOR GENERAL JOHN A. DIX - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 05/05/1834 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 2546691834 check for $2,500, signed by four commissioners of New York State's Erie Canal Fund, including John A. Dix, President James Buchanan's Secretary of the Treasury in 1861; Azariah C. Flagg, New York State secretary of state and comptroller; Abraham Keyser, Jr.
Sale Price $427.50
$475.00
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MAJOR GENERAL JOHN A. DIX - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 06/01/1837 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 1557711837 check for $200, signed by three commissioners of New York State's Erie Canal Fund, including John A. Dix, President James Buchanan's Secretary of the Treasury in 1861; Azariah C.
Sale Price $427.50
$475.00
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MAJOR GENERAL JOHN A. DIX - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 07/06/1837 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 276604He signs with the other Commissioners of the Erie Canal (1837). Check signed: "John A. Dix", 6½x5. Albany, N.Y., 1837 July 6. Check no. 363, drawn on the Canal Fund account at the Mechanics' and Farmers' Bank, payable to E. E. Kendrick $2,600 in cash.
Sale Price $427.50
$475.00
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MAJOR GENERAL JOHN A. DIX - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 07/06/1837 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 1550861837 check for $5,904.63, signed by three commissioners of New York State's Erie Canal Fund, including John A. Dix, President James Buchanan's Secretary of the Treasury in 1861; Azariah C.
Sale Price $427.50
$475.00
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PAT DOLAN - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 02/03/1891 - HFSID 2180151891 check bearing the rare signature of the Texas lawman Check signed: "Pat Dolan" in pencil, 7¼x2¾. Marfa, Texas, February 3, 1891. Un-numbered check, drawn on Humphris & Co. General Merchandise and Ranch Supplies.
Sale Price $1,360.00
$1,600.00
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ADMIRAL DAVID G. FARRAGUT - CHECK ENDORSED CIRCA 1866 - HFSID 254619Partly Printed Promissory Note endorsed on verso: "D.G. Farragut", 7½x3½. Washington, D.C., 1866 September 28. In full: "Fifty months after date I promise to pay to the order of David G. Farragut Forty Dollars with interest for Value received.…"
Sale Price $1,062.50
$1,250.00
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REAR ADMIRAL WILLIAM M. FOLGER - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 12/16/1900 - HFSID 318459While in command of the battleship USS Kearsage, he signed this check to the Metropolitan Club of Washington. Check signed: "W. M. Folger", 7x2¾. Washington, D.C., 1900 December 16.
Sale Price $288.00
$320.00
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PRESIDENT JAMES A. GARFIELD - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 12/31/1873 - HFSID 227328Congressional check signed by the only incumbent Congressman elected President. Partly Printed Check filled out and signed: "J.A. Garfield" as Congressman, 8x3¼. Washington, 1873 December 31. Printed "Sergeant-at-Arms U.S. House of Representatives".
Sale Price $2,380.00
$2,800.00
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PRESIDENT BENJAMIN HARRISON - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 06/04/1873 - HFSID 274905Check written and signed by the future 23rd U.S. President three years before he was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Indiana. Check filled out and signed: "Benj Harrison", 7¾x3. Indianapolis, Indiana, 1873 June 4. Not numbered.
Sale Price $1,530.00
$1,800.00
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JULIA WARD HOWE - CHECK ENDORSED 01/29/1892 - HFSID 83311Howe endorsed this $5.50 check with her agent in 1892. Check endorsed "Julia Ward Howe." And "H. E. Turner. Agent". 8½x3. Jan. 29, 1892. Check no. 444 for $5.
Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
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REAR ADMIRAL THORNTON A. JENKINS - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 04/03/1879 - HFSID 102199Partly Printed Check signed: "Thornton A. Jenkins/Rear Admiral USA", 8x2¾. Washington, D.C., 1879 April 3. Drawn on the National Metropolitan Bank, payable to "Proceeds" for $100. Two cent revenue at left. Union Rear Admiral Thornton A.
Sale Price $288.00
$320.00
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BRIGADIER GENERAL J. WARREN KEIFER - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 11/05/1910 - HFSID 34556Partly Printed Check signed: "J. Warren Keifer", 8½x3 inlaid to 9x3¾. Springfield, Ohio, 1910 November 5. Drawn on his personal account at Layonda National Bank, payable to Swartzell, Rheems & Hensey Co. for $35.00.
Sale Price $270.00
$300.00
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BRIGADIER GENERAL THOMAS G. PITCHER - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 01/21/1880 - HFSID 102196$50 check signed by American Civil War General Thomas G. Pitcher in 1880 Partly printed check signed: "T.G. Pitcher," 6½x2½. Washington, D.C., 1880 January 21. On the National Metropolitan Bank payable to Mrs. M. Pitcher or order for $50.00. Endorsed: "M.…"
Sale Price $270.00
$300.00
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GEORGE M. ROBESON - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 05/07/1883 - HFSID 102198The congressman writes a personal check for $500 during the year he left Congress Partly Printed Check signed: "Geo. M. Robeson", 8½x2¾. Washington, D.C., 1883 May 7. Drawn on the National Metropolitan Bank, payable to Moses Bradshaw or order for $500.
Sale Price $315.00
$350.00
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GENERAL PHILIP H. SHERIDAN - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK - HFSID 281114He signed this check for $128, drawn on a Chicago bank, in 1871. Check signed: "P. H. Sheridan/USA", 7¼x2½. Chicago, Illinois, 1871 November 18.
Sale Price $935.00
$1,100.00
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JOHN SHERMAN - AUTOGRAPH CHECK SIGNED 11/21/1871 - HFSID 190641John Sherman signs an autograph check for $140.75. Autograph Check signed: "John Sherman", as U.S. Senator, 8x3. Washington, DC, 1871 November 21. In full: "Pay B/F. Clark or order One hundred and forty 75/100 Dollars. To Jay Cooke & Co.…"
Sale Price $337.50
$375.00
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JOHN SHERMAN - AUTOGRAPH CHECK SIGNED 11/25/1871 - HFSID 190640John Sherman signs an autograph check to E. H. McLinden for $122.39. Autograph Check signed: "John Sherman," 7¼x2¼. Washington, D.C., 1871 November 25. Drawn on Jay Cooke & Co., payable to "E.H. McLinden" for $122.39. 2-cent U.S.
Sale Price $337.50
$375.00
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JOHN SHERMAN - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 07/25/1872 - HFSID 190639$10 check signed by John Sherman, author of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, in 1872. Sherman was a U. S. Senator from Ohio when he signed this check. Check signed "John Sherman" in brown ink. Endorsed on verso in black ink. 8x2¾. July 25, 1872.
Sale Price $337.50
$375.00
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JOHN SHERMAN - CHECK DOUBLE SIGNED 10/27/1863 - HFSID 190638Check for $40 signed by the author of the Sherman Antitrust Act. twice! Check Double Signed: "John Sherman" and "J.S." on a two-cent Washington revenue stamp as U.S. Senator from Ohio, 7½x2½. Mansfield, Ohio, 1863 October 27. Drawn on the Farmers' Bank.
Sale Price $337.50
$375.00