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Andrew Borden

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Andrew Borden

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Auction Date:2010 Nov 10 @ 19:00 (UTC-5 : 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
Successful Fall River, Massachusetts businessman and, among other titles, Director of Troy Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company. Along with his wife, brutally murdered with an axe in his home on the morning of August 4, 1892, allegedly by his daughter, Lizzie. Partly-printed DS, signed “Andrew J. Borden,” one page both sides, 7.5 x 4, June 15, 1891. City of Fall River drain permit issued by the City Engineer’s Office, with Borden being granted permission for “draining 1 dwelling containing 3 tenements…three stories.” Reverse is a statement of permission which reads, “In consideration of receiving permission to enter the public sewer for Estate Nos. S. Main street, I hereby agree to hold the city harmless from all damage consequent upon or in any way growing out of the entering of public sewer. I also agree to leave the street in a condition satisfactory to the Superintendent of Streets.

In consideration of this permission, I further agree to pay into the City Treasury, on demand, such sum or sums of money as the City Council may assess for the same, and to conform to the rules adopted by the Board of Aldermen.” Signed at the conclusion, “Andrew J. Borden.” This document is still part of its original 9 x 12.5 page, which is in turn still contained in its original hardbound ledger, full of similar permits, and titled on the spine “Drain Permits, City of Fall River,” with a handwritten label at the top reading “Aug. 24, 1888 to June 29, 1891.”

The document itself is in fine condition, as is its original page. Remainder of the ledger is fine, with some scattered toning and creasing. The ledger has worn covers and spine, and the binding is a bit weak.

The businessman’s willing to equip the new Andrew J. Borden Building at 41 South Main with luxuries such as plumbing may have led to his demise a year later. At his daughter’s murder trial, the defense argued that occupants of his office building enjoyed modern convenience that his own family, who lived a few blocks away at 92 Second Street, were denied. To be sure, Andrew Borden, though a wealthy individual, was widely viewed as an unfriendly man whose residence had neither a gas connection nor hot water. He refused to install more modern plumbing and heating systems, likely because these improvements might cost him money, and declared that the running water on the second floor of the residence an unnecessary luxury. Shortly before his death, he was heard to boast that he had yet to spend his first foolish dollar—a stinginess that may have resulted in numerous whacks with a hatchet and prominence as one of the more recognizable names in American folklore.
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