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Bounced Check Written to and Endorsed by Brigham Young

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:1,000.00 USD Estimated At:2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD
Bounced Check Written to and Endorsed by Brigham Young
<Our item number 141107><B>Young, Brigham.</B> &#40;1801-1877&#41; Following the assassination of Joseph Smith, Young became the leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints &#40;the Mormon Church&#41; and led the relocation to Salt Lake City, Utah. He was the governor of Utah until the issue of polygamy caused a rift with the federal government. Young had 27 wives and 47 children. <BR><BR>Manuscript check endorsed on the verso by Brigham Young. The check is written to the First National Bank by one John B. Price: &#34;Please pay to Presid&#39;t Brigham Young the sum of one hundred pounds, on demand…,&#34; 1p, 8 x 5 in., Salt Lake City, 12 July 1874, Young endorsed the check in full &#34;Brigham Young&#34; on the verso, which bears an ink stroke cancel across the signature. Accompanied by Price&#39;s letter to Young presenting the check in thanks for &#34;… the strenuous exertions you have put forward toward the elevation of the people of Utah. Not being a Mormon myself, I donate this…&#34; Inter estingly, Price was apparently quite a scoundrel - the verso of the check bears a period notation: &#34;&#39;John B. Price alias Lord Littleton&#39;… forwarded by Des[eret] National Bank for collection and sent to every bank in Denver - but no good - nothing but bummer&#39;s check… &#34; Mounting traces on the verso. Even though Price&#39;s check &#34;bounced&#34;, this is the first signed or endorsed Young check that we have seen. Very good. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;2,000 - 3,000. <BR><BR>Our item number 141107<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/49jpegs/141107.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/49jpegs/141107N2.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>