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ASTOR SIGNS A BILL OF EXCHANGE. ASTOR, JOHN JACOB. 1763-1848. Autograph Letter Signed ("John Jacob Astor"), asking to exchange Spanish dollars for American ones, 1 p, 4to (245 x 200 mm), New York, March 10, 1816, image 1
ASTOR SIGNS A BILL OF EXCHANGE. ASTOR, JOHN JACOB. 1763-1848. Autograph Letter Signed ("John Jacob Astor"), asking to exchange Spanish dollars for American ones, 1 p, 4to (245 x 200 mm), New York, March 10, 1816, image 2
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ASTOR SIGNS A BILL OF EXCHANGE.
ASTOR, JOHN JACOB. 1763-1848.
Autograph Letter Signed ("John Jacob Astor"), asking to exchange Spanish dollars for American ones, 1 p, 4to (245 x 200 mm), New York, March 10, 1816,

25 October 2022, 10:00 EDT
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ASTOR SIGNS A BILL OF EXCHANGE.

ASTOR, JOHN JACOB. 1763-1848. Autograph Letter Signed ("John Jacob Astor"), asking to exchange Spanish dollars for American ones, 1 p, 4to (245 x 200 mm), New York, March 10, 1816, page toned and creased, framed to 445 x 790 mm overall.

In part: "I had 23,000 Spanish dollars deposited in the Albany Bank ... I will thank you to get the dollars and to send them to me by steam boat so that I may have them in all this week when I want them."

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