Auction Date:2011 Oct 12 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Desirable Springfield Marine and Fire Insurance Company check, 6.5 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Lincoln, payable to W. W. Watson & Son for $41.75, December 19, 1855. In very good condition, with several vertical folds, one through a single letter of signature, usual cancellation cut to body, missing top right corner tip, and a uniform shade of toning.
The recipients of this payment, William W. Watson and his son Benjamin, were proprietors of Watson’s Ice Cream Saloon, a parlor frequented by Lincoln and his family during their days in Illinois. The confectioner was most famous in the Springfield area for his macaroon pyramids, an adornment on most party tables, as well as oysters, sardines, various cheeses, nuts, and candies. Giving the hefty sum—by mid-19th century standards—the check paid for a wealth of Yuletide supplies. This very document is referenced in the 1983 book The Lincoln Home, as author Katherine B. Menz relates how the Lincolns would throw lavish affairs during the holidays, with this check, the earliest we have offered, being evidence of such a large soiree.
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