signed
by ANDREW JOHNSON
ANDREW JOHNSON (1808-1875). Johnson was the Seventeenth President, becoming President upon Lincoln’s assassination in 1865. He was also the first President impeached. DS. 2pg. 3 3/8” x 8”. October 31, 1866. Washington, DC. A partly printed check endorsed “Executive Mansion Nov 5th 1866 Please pay first National Bank Andrew Johnson” on the back. The front of the check is signed by Michael Burns, a Tennessee businessman and politician. It is from Nashville, dated October 31, 1866, and was for the stunning amount of $14,600, payable to Dempsey Weaver. The money was most likely for loans Johnson made when Military Governor of Tennessee in 1862. This was signed just days before the 1866 Congressional midterm elections that affected the direction of Reconstruction. There is a tax stamp, vignettes, a cancellation cut and light creasing. Johnson handwritten materials as President, of any sort, is extremely rare. While there are some Johnson Presidential checks on the market, I’ve never seen this format before.
(Inventory #: 5198)