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<p>[QUOTE="lettow, post: 7663045, member: 6986"]Not to rain on your parade, but you don't really know why his signature is on the back of the note. It is not an endorsement. The note is a bearer instrument and does not need an endorsement. And endorsements are applied by a payor, not a payee. If it were an endorsement, it would have been for something purchased by him, not purchased from him. </p><p><br /></p><p>The documents you provided only identify who he was and have nothing to do with the note itself. You want documentation bearing the same date in 1863 to show that this note may have been used in a transaction with the Confederate government. Absent any documentation, it is just as likely that he received it from a third party for a purchase.</p><p><br /></p><p>All you know is that he had it on April 21, 1863. The rest is speculative.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lettow, post: 7663045, member: 6986"]Not to rain on your parade, but you don't really know why his signature is on the back of the note. It is not an endorsement. The note is a bearer instrument and does not need an endorsement. And endorsements are applied by a payor, not a payee. If it were an endorsement, it would have been for something purchased by him, not purchased from him. The documents you provided only identify who he was and have nothing to do with the note itself. You want documentation bearing the same date in 1863 to show that this note may have been used in a transaction with the Confederate government. Absent any documentation, it is just as likely that he received it from a third party for a purchase. All you know is that he had it on April 21, 1863. The rest is speculative.[/QUOTE]
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