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Wells, Butterfield & Co - Office of the American Express Co Check with Daniel Butterfield Autograph

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Wells Fargo & Express Co's Memorabilia Start Price:60.00 USD Estimated At:75.00 - 150.00 USD
Wells, Butterfield & Co - Office of the American Express Co Check with Daniel Butterfield Autograph
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New York, NY. 1857. Issued Sight Draft. $25. Vignette of small train on upper left and small dog with safe on bottom. Printed in brown. Signed by Daniel Butterfield as Superintendent. Correspondent bank is The Bank of Ilion, NY. XF condition. Scarce and early American Express Fiscal item. Daniel Adams Butterfield was a New York businessman, a Union general in the American Civil War, and Assistant U.S. Treasurer in New York. He is credited with composing the bugle call Taps and was involved in the Black Friday gold scandal in the Grant administration. The American Express Company had been founded by his father, John Butterfield.