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Thomas Jefferson

His keen legal and financial instinct in action

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His keen legal and financial instinct in action

Third-person ADS taken from a larger document, signed in the body “Th: J.,” one page, 7.5 x 2, no date [after 1792]. An observation on the financial consequences of a passage in the original document. In full: “Th: J. observes on this passage that if settled according to the laws of Virginia on protested bills, the damages & interest will be 10. per centum per annum, as the transaction was before 1792, when a new law made the damages 15. per cent on the protest, and 5. per cent. per annum afterward till paid.” Tiny spot and pinhole to body, otherwise in crisp, bright, very fine condition. COA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.

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  • Dates: #313 - Ended September 20, 2006