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Auction: 321 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale and Stocks and Bonds of the Americas
Lot: 823

Civil War: Seward, William Henry. Secretary of State (1861-1869), Governor of New York (1839-1842), New York Senator, perhaps best known for his acquisition of Alaska from Russia for the U.S. in 1867 - widely derided by the public as "Seward's Folly." Autograph Document Signed "William H. Seward" as Secretary of State. Presidential Pardon for rebel Joseph Reid of Burke County, NC. 2 pages, printed with pertinent information handwritten, folio, ANDREW JOHNSON PRESIDENT, etc. header, Washington, D.C., Nov. 9, 1865. Seward signs at bottom of the second page, above is a facsimile signature of Andrew Johnson, a glossy embossed paper seal to the left. A few minor splits at fold creases, otherwise About Very Fine.

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$200