Oct 27, 2022 - Sale 2619

Sale 2619 - Lot 68

Price Realized: $ 1,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY. Check accomplished and Signed, "WH & J.S. Harrison," to "Self," in the amount of $20 drawn on the Bank of the United States at Cincinnati. Signed on behalf of himself and "J[ohn] S[cott, his son]. 2 1/4x5 1/4 inches; mounted to a larger sheet, cancellation punch hole at center (not affecting text), faint bleedthrough from docketing on verso. Cincinnati, 21 March 1834

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In 1836, two years after the writing of this check, the Second Bank of the United States became a private corporation; the Bank ceased payments in 1841, and surrendered its state charter in 1852.