Lew Wallace Civil War general & Ben Hur author endorsed check 1882

  
AUTHOR LEW WALLACE CASHES A CHECK UPON HIS RETURN FROM. He was elected to the state senate in 1856 and made a high-ranking military official during the Civil War. Wallace on the back for one hundred dollars. Written on an official "Melrose Savings Bank" check, the document is in very fine condition with two punch holes that do not affect the dark signature.

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