Original 1842 Paymaster's Check to Washington, D.C. Officer, Lt. Josiah Watson, February 1, 1842
Check measures approximately 6 3/4" x 2 3/4". It is signed by Major George W. Walker who had been appointed paymaster of the USMC by President Andrew Jackson in 1836 and he served until his death in 1862. The USMC was quite small at the time and there was usually..... More