$600
Estimate: $400 - $600
Auction: November 12, 2020 10:00:00 AM EDT
Concord, N.(ew) H.(ampshire), May 14, 1864. 1 p. on one sheet folded to make four pages. 8 3/4 x 7 1/4 in. (222 x 184 mm). Autograph letter, signed by Pierce, to his banker And(rew). J. Lowd; on mourning stationery (former First Lady Jane Pierce had died only five months earlier); embossed intial "P" at top; creasing from original folds; tape remnants on verso from old mount.
Fourteenth president Franklin Pierce pens a letter to his banker, Andrew J. Lowd: "I have the honor to acknowledge the reception of your note of the 12th inst. covering a certificate for thirteen shares of the 'Second National', late Granite-Bank, Boston."