Auction Date:2010 Sep 15 @ 22:00 (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
Personal check, 7.25 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Grant, as president, payable to Judge John F. Long for $367.50, November 28, 1874. Accompanied by a TLS from Grant’s son Frederick, dated October 1, 1895, on New York City Police Department letterhead. The letter reads, “I hasten to say, in reply to your favor of September 29th, that I was away from my father so little during his lifetime, that I have received very few letters from him. All of these that I felt would be proper in other people’s hands, have long been given away, and am now without such mementoes even for my own family. I have nothing but a few old checks with my father’s autograph upon them. I would be glad to cut the autograph of one of these, and send it to you, if that will answer your purpose.” Both the check and letter are archivally cloth matted and framed by Gallery of History, with an engraved portrait of Grant, to an overall size of 23.25 x 18. An unobtrusive cancellation cut to center, show-through from stamps and endorsement on reverse, and scattered light toning and soiling, otherwise fine description. An uncommonly exceptional example, with outstanding provenance.
Long was a close friend of Grant and served as his St. Louis agent during his presidency. Educated in St. Louis, Long became a schoolteacher and later served in a number of official capacities, including police chief of that city as well as St. Louis County marshal, county judge, and collector of customs of the port of St. Louis. The check and accompanying letter provide an interesting look at the great lengths once taken—by both collectors and family members—to satisfy the hunger for an autograph.
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