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LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). Partly printed check accomplished and signed ("A. Lincoln"), drawn on Riggs & Co., Washington, D.C., 24 March 1857. 1 page, oblong (2¾ x 7¼ in.), printed in several bold decorative types, at the left a fine wood-engraved vignette of the bank's headquarters, delicate decorative border on four sides, numbered "28" by President Lincoln in top left-hand corner.
A LINCOLN CHECK TO LUCY, A "COLORED WOMAN". A little over a week before the start of his second term and his Second Inuagural Address, the President directs payment of [$5.00] to "Lucy (colored woman") or bearer." It seems to have been Lincoln's practice to carefully identify payees when they were blacks, to reassure the bank that the funds were being paid to the right individual. Otherwise, one presumes, the bank may have been reluctant to remit payment to an African American. The most famous example is Lincoln's check to "colored man with one leg," once part of the Sang Collection, now in a private collection.
A LINCOLN CHECK TO LUCY, A "COLORED WOMAN". A little over a week before the start of his second term and his Second Inuagural Address, the President directs payment of [$5.00] to "Lucy (colored woman") or bearer." It seems to have been Lincoln's practice to carefully identify payees when they were blacks, to reassure the bank that the funds were being paid to the right individual. Otherwise, one presumes, the bank may have been reluctant to remit payment to an African American. The most famous example is Lincoln's check to "colored man with one leg," once part of the Sang Collection, now in a private collection.