BIB_ID
102770
Accession number
MA 157.4
Creator
Gerry, Elbridge, 1744-1814.
Display Date
1792 Sept. 5.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 26.1 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed of Elbridge Gerry and others relating to the French Commission. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
The assignment and receipt is written on the verso of Loan Certificate No. 1231 to Elbridge Gerry from the United States Loan Office in the State of Massachusetts in the amount of $855.97, signed by the Commissioner of Loans, Nathaniel Appleton and dated May 23, 1792.
The assignment and receipt is written on the verso of Loan Certificate No. 1231 to Elbridge Gerry from the United States Loan Office in the State of Massachusetts in the amount of $855.97, signed by the Commissioner of Loans, Nathaniel Appleton and dated May 23, 1792.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from J.F. Sabin in 1907.
Summary
Assigning and transferring $300 of the $855.97 debt of the Bank of the United States leaving him a balance of U.S. debt of $555.97; adding a second signature acknowledging receipt of Certificate No. 1716 for the balance of the debt.
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