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Thomas Jefferson Handwritten Check Signed as President. ...
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Description
Thomas Jefferson Handwritten Check Signed as President. One page, 7.25" x 4.5" (sight), no place; June 13, 1803. Check penned in President Jefferson's hand ordering bank proprietor John Barnes to pay one Joseph Daugherty $26.56. He writes, in full:"Pay to Joseph Daugherty or order twenty six dollars fifty six cents for value received on account of Sir, Your humble sert, Th: Jefferson."
The check was signed by Joseph Daugherty upon receipt of the funds and contains a number of notations by Daugherty at the lower left margin. Endorsed on verso. The check is attractively matted and framed to the overall size of 13.5" x 10.5". Not examined out of the frame. It is accompanied by LOAs from PSA/DNA and University Archives. From the Joel Levin Collection.
Condition: Appears to be slightly trimmed at the left edge, just touching one letter of text. Smoothed folds. Slight brushing to Daugherty's signature and one letter of Jefferson's.
Auction Info
2023 February 22 Historical Manuscripts Signature® Auction #6260 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
February, 2023
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