Lot 1615
Memminger, Christopher Gustavus. Document Signed ("C G Memminger"). As Secretary of the Treasury of the Confederate States. Partially printed, accomplished in manuscript. One page, 8¼ x 5", Richmond, May 19, 1862. Countersigned by E.C. Elmore, Treasurer to the Confederate States and Robert Tyler, Register of the Treasury. Being a transfer draft in the amount of $650,000. Stamp at bottom left reads "return to W.H.D. Blake/New York". Oily-appearing stain runs diagonally across document with a few dark spots scattered throughout, but the coverage over the signature is even and the signature remains clear; minor nicks and toning at edges; overall, good condition. Matted and framed with a copy of a cdv of Memminger to 13 ½x 15½".
The printed transfer draft offered here can be viewed as a relic of the financial difficulties plaguing the Confederacy (for which Memminger was largely blamed) and we are delighted to offer such a unique piece.
Estimated Value $650 - 750.
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