Nov 03, 2011 - Sale 2259

Sale 2259 - Lot 40

Price Realized: $ 510
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 80 - $ 120
(BUSINESS.) COOPER, PETER. Partly-printed Document Signed, as President of the New York, Newfoundland, and London Telegraph Company, affirming "that he has read the . . . petition [not present], and knows the contents thereof; that no assignment or transfer of the claim stated in the petition . . . has been made; that [he] is justly entitled to the amount therein claimed from the United States . . . and that he believes the facts, as stated in the said petition, are true." Notary's signature, blind stamp, and revenue stamp at bottom. 9x5 1/2 inches; short closed separations at folds. New York, 17 February 1870