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Auction: 321 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale and Stocks and Bonds of the Americas
Lot: 846

Post Civil War. Burnside, Ambrose E. Soldier, railroad executive, inventor, industrialist and politician; as a Union general in the Civil War, Burnside successfully campaigned in North Carolina and eastern Tennessee, but suffered a disastrous defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg and the Battle of the Crater; Governor of Rhode Island (1866-1869), U.S. Senator -- Rhode Island (1875-1881). Autograph Document Signed "A E Burnside" as Governor. State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Commission to Robert Wilson as Notary Public, 12 ¾ x 8", June 6, 1868. Engraved state seal upper left, embossed seal lower left, signed by Burnside bottom right. Old tape backing on one of three folds, some small splits on the others, a few residue marks. About Fine

Estimate
$125 to $175