Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) [Check signed by Charles Sumner]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02095.33 Author/Creator: Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Ephemera Date: 16 January 1873 Pagination: 1 p. ; 7.8 x 21 cm. Order a Copy
Check for $354.51 payable to Mr. Elliott C. Cowdin from the First National Bank, Washington, D.C. Signed by Sumner. Endorsed on verso. With US inter-revenue stamp.
Cowdin, born in 1819, was an influential businessman who spent the first years of his career in Boston. He moved to New York in 1852, where he managed an importing firm. Cowdin was a leader of the Union League of New York.
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