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Lot #280
Chester A. Arthur

As Custom House collector, Arthur signs a receipt related to the seizure of "Cigars etc"

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As Custom House collector, Arthur signs a receipt related to the seizure of "Cigars etc"

Partly-printed DS, signed “C. A. Arthur,” one page, 8 x 11.75, May 1870. Receipt from the Collector's Office in the New York Custom House, in full: "Received from C. A. Arthur, Collector, the sums set opposite our names, being the distributive shares of Seizure No. 1021 accruing to us, respectively, in the matter of Cigars etc., as per order of distribution No. 1006, having signed duplicate receipts." Signed boldly as collector by Arthur, and countersigned by five others. In fine condition, with trimmed edges, and light show-through from tape on the reverse of the central horizontal fold.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: August
  • Dates: #527 - Ended May 09, 2018





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