Apr 12, 2018 - Sale 2473

Sale 2473 - Lot 50

Price Realized: $ 812
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
(CALIFORNIA.) Civil commission issued for a San Francisco official at the peak of the Gold Rush. Document Signed by Bennet Riley as the last military governor of California and future Civil War general Henry W. Halleck as California's Secretary of State. One page, 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches, plus integral blank, bearing embossed red wax seal of the Executive Department of California; docketing on blank. Monterey, CA, 4 October 1849
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This commission was issued to Maryland native Thomas W. Tilden (1825-1874) to serve as a notary public in the district of San Francisco. Tilden's main occupation was physician; he eventually settled in Chico.