Auction Date:2011 Jun 15 @ 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
Kentucky state senator (1791–1849) and father of Mary Todd Lincoln. Manuscript endorsement, signed “R. S. Todd, JP,” on a 7 x 4.5 partial document regarding a financial account. Endorsement reads, “The within account of Meridan & Bradley against Sydney P. Clay dec’d…was this day proven by the oath of Leland J. Bradley given under my hand this 20th day of May 1835,” and signed at the conclusion by Todd. The endorsement appears on the reverse of a financial sheet, with an address panel below endorsement. Intersecting folds, rough bottom edge, scattered satining, and a seal remnant to bottom, otherwise very good condition.
As Robert Smith Todd, a banker as well as a politician, tended to accounts on this May day, two of his daughters—Mary Todd and Frances Todd—were making their first visit to Springfield, Illinois, the state capital and her future home. Historians have cited the Springfield visits of the Todd sisters as evidence of the strained relations between the children of Robert's first wife, Eliza Ann Parker, and his second wife, Elizabeth ‘Betsey’ Humphreys. Springfield became an avenue of escape from the overcrowded Todd residence in Lexington. Although it is unknown why Frances and Mary were in Springfield in May 1835, most historians reason that if it was not for a social visit, then it was designed as a brief escape from the worries of Kentucky. A scarce autograph!
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