2008-09
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/31/2008
Rare and unusal “Facsimile of a Financial Transaction Involving the Production of Money and Bonds. By Evans and Cogswell. For the Confederate States Government.” 1p. quarto, on onion skin paper, and records an Order by the Confederate States government to Evans & Cogswell, datelined Anderson, South Carolina, May 1, 1865, for “Ships Register Engraved on Steel” for $18,000, with ANS beneath from the Office Treasury Note Bureau, May 3, 1865, stating “ I certify that the ship’s Register above charged was actually furnished & destroyed by the Enemy in transit from Columbia to Charlotte. I further certify that to the best of my knowledge & belief the charges for Reentering, Engraving & Repairing Steele plates & drawing original design for soldiers bond, is correct & just...” with additioinal note from Evans & Cogswell, dated May 6, 1865, stating that they had received payment through W.J. Leitch. About VG. Unusual
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