Publication Date: 1835
Seller: Peninsula Books, Traverse City, MI, U.S.A.
Signed
Single Sheet. A bank draft on the Mechanics' & Farmers' Bank dated Feb. 9, 1835 in the amount of $75.21 for "Tolls Refunded" to Simon M. Holden. Signed by John A. Dix. Dix was a Governor of New York, US Senator, Secretary of the Treasury, and future Civil War General. Azariah C. Flagg. Drawn on the Canal Fund, this document is signed by four Commissioners of the Canal Fund--Dix, Flagg, Abraham Keyser, and William Campbell. Two small internal circular closed tears, (not especially objectionable). The verso of the document has written: "Chemung Canal" Could this be the same Simon M. Holden who was murdered in Washtenaw County, Michigan during a robbery where $500 was stolen from him? ; 5" x 6.25"; Signed by All Authors.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. ("John A. Dix, Maj Gen"), New York, May 31, 1864 ("Commutation of Quarters and Fuel"); also signed by the Acting Assistant Quartermaster, and completed chiefly in his hand. Square 8vo sheet (folded to form 3pp.), 1 1/2pp. (recto and verso). Signed by Author(s).