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Sale 2687 - Lot 242

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(WEST--NEVADA.) Orion Clemens. Pair of documents signed by Mark Twain's brother as Secretary of Nevada Territory. Legal-sized documents with light wear as noted. Nevada, 1863 and 1864
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"An Act to Audit the Claim of Leonard W. Ferris," enacted by the Territory of Nevada on 20 December 1862, transcribed in an unknown hand. 4 manuscript pages, 12½ x 7¾ inches, on one folding sheet, with Autograph Note Signed with his embossed seal on third page: "I certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original in my custody . . . Orion Clemens, Sec'y Neva. Ter'y"; minimal wear. Carson City, NV, 2 February 1863.

Certificate of incorporation issued to the Young Gold and Silver Mining Company in the Gold Hill Mining District in Storey County, NV, signed by 5 trustees. One page, 14 x 8½ inches, plus integral docket leaf, plus notary public certificate affixed to front page, signed by Clemens on the docket panel; short separations at folds, light staining on final blank. Storey County, NV, 16 February 1864.

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