AMER AUGUST 2015
The live portion of this session begins on Monday, August 24, 2015.
BEAUTIFUL AND RARE AUTOGRAPHED PROMISSORY NOTE BY GEORGE A. CUSTER.Light blue paper measuring 8" x 3-1/2", Topeka, Kansas, November 1, 1870. A partially printed promissory note in which Custer agrees to pay within six months "Four Hundred Dollars with interest at 10 per cent/Value received, this note is secured by a mortgage legally stamped." Lovely vignette of Liberty with cap, flag and fasces at left; dog below. Black on blue paper, signed in blue ink. Clearly he and other officers were investing in land just as the railroads - in this case, probably the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe - were reaching into the former wilderness. SIZE: 8" x 3-2/1". PROVENANCE: General George A and Elizabeth Custer, Margaret Flood (Libbie Custer's personal assistant), Spink Smythe, Lot 1080, August 22, 2012. CONDITION: Very lightly machine canceled over signature. Edge wear. Overall very good. 48441-6 JS (5,000-7,000)