Archives International Auctions Auction 81 December 15th & 16th 2022

Archives International Auctions - Sale 81 88 December 15, 2022 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Montana Territory 402 402 Treasurer of the United States, 1874 Triplicate Certificate of Credit, First National Bank of Helena, Issued Deposit Quintet Helena, Montana Territory, 1874. Lot of 5 pieces, all the same: $Odd I/U Depositary Triplicate Certificates, Payable for Internal Revenue Taxes, Black text with thin black border, printed on off-yellow paper. VF condition. (5) �� Est. $75-150 New York 403 403 M. Morgan’s Sons, ca. 1860-90s Uncut Check Original and Duplicate Pair withU.S. RN-B Revenue and an overprinted French Revenue New York, ca.1860-90s. Uncut sheet of 2 Unissued Checks, one Original and one Duplicate, S/N 498, from M. Morgan’s Sons. Black text with brown-red border and background, Imprinted internal revenue stamp at center, Blue handstamp at right. AU condition with some toning around edges. ABNC. (2) �� Est. $120-240 404 404 Office of the American Express Co., Wells, Butterfield & Co., 1859 and 1865 Issued Draft Pair with One Signed by Daniel Adams Butterfield, Medal of Honor Recipient. New York, 1859 and 1865. Lot of 2 drafts from the Office of the American Express Co., Wells, Butterfield & Co. includes: $25 I/U Check Signed by Daniel Butterfield; and $31.25 I/C Check. Both have brown print with a vignette of a train at top left, Dog at bottom center, Correspondent bank is the Bank of the Ilion. VF condition. Printer, John H. Duyckinck. Scarce and early American Express Fiscal item. Daniel Adams Butterfield was a New York businessman, a Union general in the American Civil War, and Assistant U.S. Treasurer in New York. After working for American Express, co-founded by his father, Butterfield served in the Civil War, where he was soon promoted brigadier general, and wounded at Gaines’ Mill. While recuperating, he either wrote or re-wrote a popular bugle-call for burials, called Taps. He commanded a division at Fredericksburg, and then became Hooker’s chief of staff, sharing both the credit for improved morale and responsibility for the licentious behavior that Hooker tolerated in camp. He also became embroiled in Hooker’s political feuds with Burnside and Meade. Wounded at Gettysburg, he served in Sherman’s Atlanta campaign, before retiring from front-line service through illness. He later received the Medal of Honor. He was involved in the Black Friday gold scandal in the Grant administration. The American Express Company had been founded by his father, John Butterfield. (2) �� Est. $100-200 Pennsylvania 405 405 Commissioners of theGirard Estates, Girard Fund (Which Became the Girard National Bank) 1834 to 1836 Check Trio Issued After his Death in 1831. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1834 to 1836, Lot of 3 pieces, 2 from the Office of the Directors of the Girard Fund, 1 from the Treasurer of the Girard Trust. All have black text and black borders, are I/C, with a large POC at center. Fine condition. 3 pieces. After the charter for the First Bank of the United States expired in 1811, Stephen Girard purchased most of its stock and its facilities on South Third Street in Philadelphia, then reorganized it under his direct personal control. Girard’s Bank was a principal source of government credit during the War of 1812. Towards the end of the war, when the financial credit of the U.S. government was at its lowest, Girard placed nearly all of his resources at the disposal of the government and underwrote up to 95 percent of the war loan issue, which enabled the United States to carry on the war. Upon his death in 1831, his own bank passed to a trust according to his will. Merchants of the city chartered the Girard Bank to buy the banking assets from the trust and carry on the business. After the passage of the National Banking Act, the bank reorganized in 1863 as Girard National Bank. The bank was acquired by Mellon Bank in 1983 and then, two decades later, by Citizens Bank. �� Est. $100-200