JAMES M CALHOUN, Confederate Atlanta Mayor, Civil War-Date Signed Check 12079
Check signed by the Confederate Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, just two months before the fall of the city. CALHOUN, JAMES MONTGOMERY (1811-75) Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia - 1862-65; Recipient of the famous "War is Cruelty" letter from Union General William Tecumseh Sherman upon the surrender of the city, September 1864.
3 ¼" x 7 ½", City Clerk's Office, Atlanta, Georgia, July 1, 1864. Calhoun, " a partly printed check drawn on the city account, payable to one "John Haslett" in the amount of thirty dollars, compensation for expenses described only as "Streets ; dated just two months before the city was surrendered to Union General William Tecumseh Sherman on September 2, 1864 and countersigned by another city official. Lightly and evenly toned, with a few light creases and minor staining, wear, and soiling; text and signatures are unaffected by a two-inch horizontal tear, with no loss of paper, at the mid-right edge.