Archives International Auctions Auction 75 March 30, 2022 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Colonial Banknotes, Colonial Fiscal Documents, Historic Ephemera and Security Printing Ephemera

Archives International Auctions - Sale 75 71 March 30, 2022 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Ephemera - Autographs - Presidential Washington D.C. 384 384 American National Red Cross 1917 Membership Certificate. Washington D.C., May 19, 1917, Issued Red Cross Life Member Certificate, Black border with well known Red Cross at top middle, S/N 2282, Certificate stating R.E. Chapin is a life member of the American Red Cross. Certificate is in VF-XF condition with minor toning over right portion of certificate, ABNC. Signed by Red Cross Secretary C.S. Magee and President Woodrow Wilson with a printed signature of President Wilson. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-350 Washington, D.C. 385 385 United States Distillery Warehouse Internal Revenue Stamp signed by President Taft, ca.1878 Washington, D.C., 1878, Partially Issued/ Cancelled Distillery Warehouse Internal Revenue Stamp, Black text with green border printed on blue paper, features a portrait of President Taylor at left. Issued by President Taft and features his signature underneath serial number. Document signed: “Wm H Taft” as Collector, 7x3 inches. William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States (1909–1913) and the tenth Chief Justice of the United States (1921–1930), the only person to have held both offices. Taft was elected president in 1908, the chosen successor of Theodore Roosevelt, but was defeated for re-election by Woodrow Wilson in 1912 after Roosevelt split the Republican vote by running as a third-party candidate. In 1921, President Warren G. Harding appointed Taft to be chief justice, a position in which he served until a month before his death. Est. $200-400 Ephemera - Civil War Illinois 386 386 Stephenson County Soldiers Monument Association Membership Certificate dated 1868 by Western BNC. Freeport, Illinois. Membership Certificate, $1 charge, S/N 149, 11 x 13.5 inches, Black on beige toned paper, Portraits of Lincoln flanked by flags on top, and Generals Putnam, Gardner and Davis on sides and bottom, Fine condition. Western BNC. Impressive. ���������������������������������������������� Est. $250-500 New Jersey 387 387 Civil War Pension Application File, ca.1887-1888 From Veteran of Battle of Fredericksburg. Trenton, NJ. 1860-1888. Large group lot, all are documents to and from the Department of the Interior and the law firm called the “Pension and Claim Agency” representing Civil War veteran, trying to obtain his pension, regarding a Union Army Civil War veteran, Ira Leap, and his requests for a disability pension. Includes an 1887 filled-out Proof of Origin of Disability document which highlights the rheumatism that he contracted during the Battle of Fredericksburg, leaving him unable to partake in hard labor; Application for Pension document with handwritten records concerning Leap’s various applications and communications; 1886 Envelope from the Department of Interior, Pension Office addressed to James Rusling; Notice of Issue providing a pension of $2 a month to Ira Leap due to his rheumatism; many handwritten letters addressed to Mr. Rusling from Ira Leap, including several which states $2 is not enough; And a rejection of an application for a pension increase. The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. The combat, between the Union Army of the Potomac commanded by Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia under Gen. Robert E. Lee, included futile frontal attacks by the Union Army on December 13 against entrenched Confederate defenders on the heights behind the city. It is remembered as one of the most one-sided battles of the war, with Union casualties more than twice as heavy as those suffered by the Confederates. A visitor to the battlefield described the battle to U.S. President Abraham Lincoln as a “butchery.” ���������������������������������������������������������� Est. $130-260