Wholesale 10 New York City CIVIL War Mayor Genuine Hand Signed Checks Dated 1862
NEW YORK CITY CIVIL WAR MAYOR SIGNED CHECKS ALL DATED 1862. Tammany Hall, was the noted political committee behind the Democratic Party. Of New York City based on charity & patronage derived from a. Pre - American Revolutionary association. An intelligent and highly benevolent Delaware Indian leader. When the Society of Tammany was formally organized in New York City. In 1789, it represented middle - class opposition to the power of the aristocratic. Manufacturing & merchandiser in NYC becoming a delegate to the convention of the Free-Soil Party at Buffalo in 1848, followed by a term in the New York Assembly in 1859, he was voted in as Mayor of NYC in 1862. He was the 76th Mayor and first Republican (in a predominantly Democratic leaning city with a large immigrant working population) and unlucky enough to be the Mayor during the terrible 4 day Civil War Draft Riots of 1863 (in which scores of buildings were burned and nearly120 people were murdered, including about 20 African-Americans). Featured here is a group of 10 (ten) original checks dated 1862 for various amounts and hand signed by Mayor Opdyke, with a lovely NYC vignette of an Indian (with bow & arrow), a sailor (holding a sextant) around the city seal and a three - masted schooner in the background. In very nice condition (with punch cancels and the occasional blue crayon numerical notation on the face), countersigned by the City clerk and comptroller, no two exactly alike. Our picture features a group of these on the front, and a single back example showing the signed endorsement, which are present on most of these checks. There are 10 (TEN) CHECKS in this LOT. The item "WHOLESALE 10 NEW YORK CITY CIVIL WAR MAYOR GENUINE HAND SIGNED CHECKS DATED 1862" is in sale since Saturday, December 29, 2007. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Autographs\Political\Other Political Autographs". The seller is "number1moneyman" and is located in North Fort Myers, Florida. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Autograph Type: GENUINE HAND SIGNED
- Category: MAYORAL
- Product Type: CHECK
- Original/Reproduction: ORIGINAL
- Signed by: GEORGE OPDYKE