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Document 32155
MILLARD FILLMORE. Partly Engraved Bond
signed: "Millard Fillmore" as Comptroller of the State of New York
(and Whig nominee for Vice President), 1p, 14x9 (14x14 including the
interest warrants at bottom). Hudson, New York, 1848 July 1. On light
parchment paper. Countersigned: "Jeremiah Van Rensselaer" as
President, "J.W. Fairfield" as Secretary (dated by him
"September 15th 1848") and "Archd Campbell" as Deputy
Secretary State of New York. Fairchild has also personally
signed the remaining 32 $35 interest warrants, 2¼x¾, attached to the lower
portion of the bond. In part: "Know all Men by these Presents, That
the Hudson and Berkshire Rail-Road Company, Acknowledge 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. Lawful money of the United States,
which sum they promise to pay at the Mechanics' Bank, in the City of New-York,
to the Comptroller of the State of New-York, for the use aforesaid, in twenty
years from the date of this Bond, with interest at the rate of seven per cent
per annum, from this date payable semi-annually, on the first days of May and
November, in each year...This Bond is issued under the provisions of an Act of
the Legislature of the State of New-York, passed December 14th, 1847, entitled,
'An Act to release the prior lien of the State on the Hudson and Berkshire
Rail-Road, and to authorise (sic) the Stockholders thereof to relay the
same with a heavy t rail,' which provides that the Bonds issued in pursuance
thereof (the amount authorised being limited to $175,000.) shall be made payable
to the Comptroller of the State, for the use of the holders thereof...such
bonds...shall thereupon immediately become a mortgage lien upon the said Road and
its appurtenances...." Three weeks before this bond was issued,
FILLMORE had been nominated as General Zachary Taylor's running mate for
Vice President at the Whig Party Convention (held in Philadelphia, June 7-9,
1848). The Whig ticket defeated Democrats Cass and Butler on November 7, 1848.
On February 20, 1849, Fillmore resigned as Comptroller after serving just 14
months in that office. Thirteen days later, he was sworn in as Vice President.
When President Taylor died on July 9, 1850, Fillmore became President. 4
cancellation holes touch Fillmore's signature. Lightly creased, pinhead-size
paper burn at blank area between lines of text. Vertical fold touches the "a" in
Jeremiah. Lightly worn edges. Overall, fine condition.
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