$1,000
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Auction: February 18, 2021 10:00:00 AM EDT
New Orleans, March 20, 1846. 4 x 7 13/16 in. (101 x 198 mm). Partially printed bill of exchange, from W.S. Pickett & Co., made payable to "His excellency James K. Polk", for $2,700, drawn on Messrs. Corcoran & Riggs of Washington City, and endorsed by Polk as president, on verso. Creasing from original folds; inlaid. Lot includes an engraved portrait of Polk, as well as one clipped biographical profile of him.
A rare finanical document, signed by Polk while serving as eleventh president.