Uncommon Theodore Roosevelt Signed Bank Check Shortly After Acceding to the Presidency
TR, who was the first president to own a car, made it out to the man who owned or would soon own the automobile supply and repair facility in Oyster Bay
We found no other checks during his presidency having sold dated prior to 1906
Roosevelt was the first sitting president to take a public car ride, which happened on August 22, 1902. He was also the first president to own a car.
A printed check drawn on the Riggs National Bank, filled...
We found no other checks during his presidency having sold dated prior to 1906
Roosevelt was the first sitting president to take a public car ride, which happened on August 22, 1902. He was also the first president to own a car.
A printed check drawn on the Riggs National Bank, filled out by Roosevelt on October 21, 1901, to Elbert Tappan for $10.15 and signed in full. Fine, with an engraved vignette of the famous bank at the left. Roosevelt had become President just 7 weeks before after the assassination of McKinley. Tappan lived in Oyster Bay and was thus a neighbor of Roosevelt’s, and owned or would soon own the automobile supply and repair facility in town. Thus, this check rmay well elate to the automobile, and is a rare memento of TR’s pioneering use of the car.
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