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Auction: 314 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1099

Gallatin, Albert Swiss-American polymath and public official (1761-1849); US Secretary of the Treasury under Jefferson and Madison; a founder of New York University. Uncommon content Manuscript Letter Signed "Albert Gallatin," as Secretary of the Treasury, 1 p and one line, 4to, Washington, 11/28/1810. To James Hamilton of Charleston, SC, he writes of duties paid on items Hamilton had imported from St. Petersburg, based on the ruble, whose "value was estimated by the Collectors from the best information they could procure...The operation of the President´s proclamation as issued by him is not restrospective; and therefore cannot be applied to your case..." Minor closed edge tears, one corner chipped far from text, mounting traces at top, overall toning, otherwise VG.

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