CHESTER ARTHUR * PSA/DNA * Autograph Handwritten Check Signed * NYC 1874

21st President of the United States CHESTER A. ARTHUR handwritten check signed and dated on The Nassau Bank checkstock. Arthur writes a check on March 25, 1874 for $1000, payable to A.B. Cornell. Cornell's handwritten endorsement and signature are on the verso. Alonzo B. Cornell would subsequently go on to become the 27th Governor of New York just 4 years later.

In March of 1874, Arthur was working as the Collector of Customs at the Port of New York. Arthur was a federal officer appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant, in charge of collecting import duties on foreign goods that entered the United States at the Port of New York. However, also in 1874 – the year the check was written –  Customs House employees were found to have improperly assessed fines against an importing company as a way to increase their own incomes, and Congress reacted – putting the staff, including Arthur, on regular salaries. As a result, his income dropped to $12,000 a year—more than his nominal boss, the Secretary of the Treasury, but far less than what he had previously received.

 GUARANTEED GENUINE BY PSA/DNA EXPERT EXAMINATION. Sale includes original PSA Letter of Authenticity. Quite simply one of the finest Chester Arthur autographs available on the market – a high quality investment piece.

Condition is as shown with light wrinkles, toning, stains, irregular edges, bank  stamps, v-shaped cancellation piercing the word, "Nassau", fold at midline, consistent with age, use and handling. Small tear at left margin. Previous signs of mounting on verso.

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