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Auction: 316 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 1124

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 three 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 entries in Custer´s ledger book (which we sold in our August 2012 Collector´s Series Auction). Clearly Custer 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. One of only two known to us. The other example (Lot 1080 in our August 2012), perhaps a shade nicer, realized $6,250.

Estimate
$3,500 to $5,000