Archives International Auctions Sale 63 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, and Security Printing Ephemera and Historic Ephemera December 9th & 10th 2020

Archives International Auctions - Sale 63 94 December 9-10,2020 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Washington, D.C. 597 597 U.S. Savings Bond, Series EE, ca. 2011-2013 Bond Quartet Signed by Timothy Geithner. Washington, D.C., Lot of 4 different bonds, all Series EE with different denominations and signed by the Secretary of the Treasury, Timothy F. Geithner, Includes $50; $200; $500; and $5000, all are on IBM punch card size paper. All are cancelled. All were issued in various states (Texas, Michigan) and cancelled in Louisiana. All are in AU to Choice Uncirculated condition. Rare.������������������������� Est. $300-500 598 598 U.S.A. Department of the Interior 1856 Issued 160 Acre Bounty Land Document Washington, D.C., 1856 Document Issued by the United States Department of the Interior Office of the Commissioner of Pensions for 160 acres given to David Strong for his service as a Private in the Revolutionary War. Black text with black border and red undertint, United States Capitol Building at top center, Portraits and illustrations of American leaders and patriots, including George Washington and Franklin Pierce. VG condition with some splitting, toning and repairs on back. Rare piece of early American history related to the Revolutionary War. RWH&E. ���� Est. $450-750 Missouri 599 599 General Land Office, 1860 Bounty Land Grant for 120 acres Springfield, Missouri and Washington, D.C., 1860. United States Bounty Land Grant issued in favor of Thomas Westbrook, a Private in Captain Riley’s Company, Georgia Militia, for 120 acres in Springfield, Missouri. This document declares that the tract of land described has been turned over to a Mr. Nolan, who most likely purchased it from Westbrook. This was done in accordance with an act of Congress passed on March 3, 1855, entitled “An Act in addition to certain Acts granting Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in the Military Service of the United States.” Signed and sealed by secretarial signature of the President of the United States at the time, James Buchanan”. Black text with an American flag at top left corner. Fine- VF condition. James Buchanan Jr. (1791-1868) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 15th president of the United States (1857–1861). He previously served as Secretary of State (1845–1849) and represented Pennsylvania in both houses of the U.S. Congress. He was a states’ rights advocate, and minimized the role of the federal government in the nation’s final years of slavery. Historians condemn Buchanan for not addressing the issue of slavery, and not forestalling the secession of the southern states over it, and he is consistently rated by scholars as among the nation’s worst presidents. His presidential successor was Abraham Lincoln. Just weeks after Lincoln was elected as President, southern states began seceding from the U.S., and the American Civil War started.��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $100-180 600 600 General Land Office, 1860 Bounty Land Grant for 160 Acres Springfield, Missouri and Washington, D.C., 1860. United States Bounty Land Grant issued in favor of Mary C. Stokes, Widow of Jacob Stokes, a Private in Captain Merriweather’s Company of the South Carolina Militia in the War of 1812, for the total of 160 acres located in Springfield, Missouri. This document declares that the tract of land described has been turned over to a Mr. Nolan, who most likely purchased it from Mary Stokes. This was done in accordance with an act of Congress passed on March 3, 1855, entitled “An Act in addition to certain Acts granting Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in the Military Service of the United States.” Signed and sealed by the President of the United States at the time, James Buchanan (Secretarial signature)”. Black text with an American flag at top left corner. Fine condition with some splitting along fold lines. James Buchanan Jr. (1791- 1868) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 15th president of the United States (1857–1861). He previously served as Secretary of State (1845–1849) and represented Pennsylvania in both houses of the U.S. Congress. He was a states’ rights advocate, and minimized the role of the federal government in the nation’s final years of slavery. Historians condemn Buchanan for not addressing the issue of slavery, and not forestalling the secession of the southern states over it, and he is consistently rated by scholars as among the nation’s worst presidents. His presidential successor was Abraham Lincoln. Just weeks after Lincoln was elected as President, southern states began seceding from the U.S., and the American Civil War started.���������������������� Est. $100-180