Lot 14
Fillmore, Milliard (1800-1874) 13th President of the U.S. (1850-53). Autograph Letter Signed as New York State Comptroller, one page, 9¾ x 7¾ in., Albany, May 5, 1848. Fillmore writes to Mr. Hays regarding the reassignment of some bonds & mortgages for Thomas Day and says that the clerk's certificate incorrectly stated that the assignment was recorded in Book 42 instead of Book 46. He also refers to tax receipts which he is sending [not present]. "Our tax was overlooked in the search but found since & paid…the deputy laid it aside expecting Mr. Spaulding to call for it…." Boldly penned and signed on pale blue paper. Fine except for a couple of tiny foxing spots.
As New York State Comptroller from 1848 to 1849, Fillmore revised New York's banking system and made it a model for the future National Banking System. Two years earlier, in 1846, he was a founder of the University of Buffalo, which today is the State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo), the largest school in the New York state university system.
Estimated Value $600 - 800.
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