Bank of the Metropolis check for twenty dollars, 8 January 1835.
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[Place of production not identified : producer not identified, 1835]
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Collection: The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859.
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : AM, 2014. Digitized from a copy held by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
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Summary
Made out to his adopted son, Andrew Jackson, Jr. A hard-currency supporter, the President specifies wanted in gold, eagles or half eagles. This check was written on the same day that he paid off the national debt.