(CIVIL WAR NEW YORK) Pair of cancelled checks issued by the

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(CIVIL WAR--NEW YORK.) Pair of cancelled checks issued by the city for draft riot damages. Printed checks completed in manuscript, each signed by Mayor George Opdyke and others, and endorsed on verso, with "Riot Damages" printed in red; perforated cancellations, otherwise minimal wear. New York, 30 November and 17 December 1863

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The first check is made out to John Winne for "services as examiner of riot damage claims"; the second is to County Auditor James Watson "on account of payrolls, Field, Staff & Companies, 5th Regt. N.Y.N.G. on duty, riots, July, Aug & Sept 1863."