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Auction: 314 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1080

Custer, George Armstrong Desirable Autograph Document Signed "George A. Custer," 1 page, narrow oblong 4to, Topeka, KS, November 1, 1870. A partly printed promissory note in which Custer agrees to pay within six months "Four Hundred Dollars with interest at ten 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. Very lightly machine canceled over signature. Edge wear, VG. This note may relate to the entry on page 24 of Custer´s ledger book above. 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.

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