MILLARD FILLMORE, 1848 Bond Signed

Autographs1848 Bond Signed “Millard Fillmore”

MILLARD FILLMORE, Thirteenth American President.
Printed Document, being a “Hudson & Berkshire Rail-Road Co.” bond, Signed, “Millard Fillmore” as the New York State Comptroller, 14” x 14.5”, Hudson [New York], September 15, 1848, Choice Extremely Fine. This One Thousand-Dollar bond has thirty-one coupons for thirty-five dollars remaining attached, four coupons have been removed. The bond states in part: “…the Hudson and Berkshire Rail-Road Company, Acknowledges themselves indebted to the Comptroller of the State of New York, for the use of the holder of this Bond, in the sum of One Thousand Dollars… they promise to pay at the Mechanics’ Bank, in the City of New York…with interest at the rate of seven percent per annum…" This impressive bond is printed on wove paper with elaborate border engravings and there are four small typical punch hole cancels through Fillmore’s dark signature. An excellent item for framing and display.