^Lot 131 Oliver Ames

President of Union Pacific Railroad, the 35th governor of Massachusetts, and a congressman impeached in the Credit Mobilier scandal. Bank check, 8 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Ames, payable to Boston Five Cents Savings Bank for $1250, April 16, 1891. In very good condition, with two vertical folds, one through a single letter of signature, two cancellation holes to body, date stamp touching top of signature, and some scattered light soiling.