President Andrew Johnson Endorses A Check Related To Loans Made When He Was Military Governor Of Tennessee In 1862; It Has Rare Presidential Handwriting

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Seller: Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc., South Orange, NJ, U.S.A.Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc.

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ANDREW JOHNSON (1808-1875). Johnson was the Seventeenth President, becoming President upon Lincolns assassination in 1865. He was also the first President impeached. DS. 2pg. 3 3/8 x 8. October 31, 1866. Washington, DC. A partly printed check endorsed Executive Mansion Nov 5th 1866 Please pay first National Bank Andrew Johnson on the back. The front of the check is signed by Michael Burns, a Tennessee businessman and politician. It is from Nashville, dated October 31, 1866, and was for the stunning amount of $14,600, payable to Dempsey Weaver. The money was most likely for loans Johnson made when Military Governor of Tennessee in 1862. This was signed just days before the 1866 Congressional midterm elections that affected the direction of Reconstruction. There is a tax stamp, vignettes, a cancellation cut and light creasing. Johnson handwritten materials as President, of any sort, is extremely rare. While there are some Johnson Presidential checks on the market, Ive never seen this format before.…

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President Andrew Johnson Endorses A Check Related To Loans Made When He Was Military Governor Of Tennessee In 1862; It Has Rare Presidential Handwriting
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ANDREW JOHNSON
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Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. buys and sells historic letters, documents, manuscripts and archives. My specialties include Presidents, Revolutionary War and Civil War figures, Declaration of Independence Signers, famous authors, important business leaders, notable scientists, aviators, notable women and African-Americans, and other "household famous names." I also enjoy handling the letters and archives of ordinary people whose writings have extraordinary or unusual content, such as an eyewitness description of the Pearl Harbor attack. I am a member of all major trade organizations, including the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA), the Professional Autograph Dealers Association (PADA), the Appraisers Association of America, the Manuscript Society and the Ephemera Society. I am located in South Orange, New Jersey, and I travel to many book and manuscript shows every year. I am one of the very few members of the Appraisers Association of America certified to appraise historic documents, manuscripts and letters. I am USPAP qualified to perform appraisals for estate, donation and insurance purposes; please contact me for a confidential discussion of your appraisal needs. I am an author myself, having published The Last Leaf: Voices of History's Last-Known Survivors (Prometheus Books, 2010) that contains 39 interviews with the last survivor of, or final eyewitness to, important historical events. Chapters include interviews with the last three Civil War widows, the final living pitcher to surrender a home run to Babe Ruth, Houdini's last stagehand, and the final American doughboy. Lastly, I can frequently be seen authenticating and appraising on the History Channel hit show Pawn Stars.…

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Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc

784 Morris Turnpike, PMB #161
Short Hills, NJ U.S.A. 07078