[AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT VOUCHER, SIGNED, ADDRESSED TO JOHN COCHRAN, ESQ. COMMISSIONER OF LOANS FOR THE STATE OF NEW YORK, OF A DRAFT ON THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES].

Meredith, Samuel:

Verlag: [Philadelphia]. December 24, 1793.

Letter accompanying a government voucher sent to John Cochran, Commissioner of Loans for the state of New York, in the amount of $88,665.87. The letter indicates that this sum will "enable you to discharge the Interest due on the Public Debt the 31st Instant." Meredith requests that Cochran send him a receipt once the voucher has been deposited in the Office of Discount and Deposit in New York. A Philadelphia merchant who actively served in the Continental Army, Meredith is best known as the first treasurer of the United States under the Constitution and one of the initial twelve directors of the Bank of North America. [1]p. plus integral address leaf. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Old fold lines. Some minor tearing and paper loss to address leaf from wax seal. Near fine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 43918

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Titel: [AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT VOUCHER, SIGNED, ...
Verlag: [Philadelphia]. December 24, 1793.