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PETER COOPER, Autograph Signature, undated

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PETER COOPER, American Industrialist and Inventor.
Autograph Signature, "Peter Cooper," on pale pink paper with blue lines, undated, 2.5" x 4.5," mounted on a slightly larger card, Choice Extremely Fine. This huge vanity signature measures 3.75" in length and 2" in height. Also included, another card on which a previous collector has written: "Peter Cooper - Philadelphia inventor & industrialist. Built 1st locomotive engine constructed on this continent in 1830 -- saving the B & O RR [Baltimore & Ohio Railroad] from bankruptcy." Some light pencil notations at the bottom indicating where and when this piece was obtained.



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