^#1597 ^Lot 1655 Ambrose E. Burnside and Nathaniel P. Banks

Two items: Partly printed DS, signed “A. E. Burnside,” one page, both sides, 10.5 x 6, July 26, 1869. Certificate for 500 shares of stock in the Indianapolis & Vincennes Railroad Company, issued to George W. Farlee, and signed at the bottom by Burnside as the company’s president; and a free franked mailing envelope, 5.5 x 3, addressed in another hand to “Oliver H. Brooks, Esquire, Dalton, Coos County, N.H.,” and franked in the upper right, “NP Banks Free.” Envelope bears a Washington, D.C. postmark, and retains most of the red wax House of Reps seal on reverse. Intersecting folds, cancellation holes, and a revenue stamp to certificate, and some light soiling to envelope, otherwise fine condition.