CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828-1914) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 20th Maine Infantry; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroism at the Battle of Gettysburg; Governor of Maine – 1867-71; President of Bowdoin College – 1871-83

Document Signed, New York, July 5, 1898, “Joshua L. Chamberlain,” a partly printed 2 ¾” x 6 ½” check, also accomplished by Chamberlain, payable to one H.C. Orr in the amount of ten dollars.  A two-cent revenue stamp is affixed at upper left.

Lightly toned, with a few stains, soiling, wear, numerous folds, and a few tiny edge chips; three hole-punch cancellations, well away from the signature.