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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(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
"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.
