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Auction: 316 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 1131

Custer, George Armstrong. Personal check signed "GA Custer," 1 page, narrow oblong 8vo, Louisville, KY, March 3, 1873. Blue bank check drawn on the Planters National Bank of Louisville, payable to "Galt House / Fifteen Dollars." Endorsed on verso. Spindle cancel at the center, one small spindle hole, left, and some very light ink "shadows" from contact with another check, otherwise Almost New. Galt House was a popular Louisville Hotel where Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, and George Armstrong Custer overnighted at one time or another. All entries are in deep brown ink, clearly and carefully executed by General Custer.

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