Lot 36
Campbell John 1811 - 1889 A circular letter notifying banks that John Campbell has been appointed the United States Treasurer
A circular document signed "John Campbell" and "D Ingham" as Secretary of the Treasury. The document is entitled: "Circular Instruction to the Banks employed as Depositories of the Public Moneys".
This document discusses in part Campbells' appointment a United States Treasurer by President Andrew Jackson. Ingham officially notifies banks that Campbell has been appointed U.S. Treasurer as of June 1, 1829: "It is necessary that Mr. Campbell's be kept entirely separate from those of his predecessors. The Banks employed as Depositories of public moneys, will, therefore, strike the balance of Mr. (William) Clark's account at the close of the present month of May, and commence Mr. Campbell's account with the 1st of June." There are many more instructions for the bank on the sheet. This two page historic financial document has the usual creases and dark signatures.
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