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JAY COOKE - CLIPPED SIGNATURE - HFSID 250537

Clipped signature from the financier on a slip of ruled paper, mounted to a piece of green paper Clipped signature: "autograph/Jay Cooke". Pencil notations on verso of mounting paper. 4¼x2½ ruled paper with beveled edges, mounted on 5x3 green mounting paper.

Price: $320.00

Condition: Fine condition
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JAY COOKE
Clipped signature from the financier on a slip of ruled paper, mounted to a piece of green paper
Clipped signature: "autograph/Jay Cooke". Pencil notations on verso of mounting paper. 4¼x2½ ruled paper with beveled edges, mounted on 5x3 green mounting paper. American financier Cooke (1821-1905, born in Sandusky, Ohio) marketed government bonds for financing the Civil War, raising over $2,000,000 following the First Battle of Bull Run in 1861. He served as fiscal agent for the U.S. Treasury (1862-1864, 1865) and after the war, financed the construction of western railroads. Problems in building the Northern Pacific Railroad (the second transcontinental railroad) and the financial crisis of 1873 forced Cooke to close his business Jay Cooke & Co. He later recouped his fortune with silver mines in Utah in 1878 and 1879 and investments in real estate in the West. Lightly toned. Signature has bled and smeared lightly but is legible. Adhesive residue in bottom right of ruled paper, which touches signature, and on mounting paper. Light tear at bottom edge of ruled paper, which touches signature. Ruled paper has irregular edges. Mounting paper is discolored at left edge.Pencil notes (unknown hand) on verso of mounting paper. Otherwise, fine condition.

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