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NOTE: THIS IS ONE OF THE LAST FOUR CHECKS OF JEFFERSON DAVIS WE SHALL OFFER!
Offered here is a check on theChesapeake Bank of Baltimore, Maryland, to \"Jas. Fryer\" for $362.83,dated \"Memphis Tenn. 24th Jan\'y 1872\"and signed by Jefferson Davis, who at thetime was president of the Carolina Life Insurance Company based in Memphis,Tennessee. It is stamped in blue ink by the Chesapeake Bank, Baltimore, andcountersigned (endorsed) on the back by Ja[me]s Fryer.
The check has been “cancelled”(holepunched in middle and “cut canceled” around the hole) and endorsed. Inaddition to Jas.Fryer’s signature on the reverse, the front of the check has the word \"Coin\" in pencil in the upper left corner just below the check number (\"no. 22\") to the left of the George Washington 2-cent stamp.
James Fryer was a merchant and dealer of looking-glasses,mirrors, and home furnishings. He operated a business that specialized in itemssuch as mantel, pier, and wall mirrors, as well as cornices, tables, brackets,and fine English and standard French engravings. During the early 1870s,Jefferson Davis was living in Memphis, Tennessee, serving as the president ofthe Carolina Life Insurance Company. During this post-war period, Davisfrequently conducted business with local tradesmen and merchants. The check hewrote to Fryer in January 1872 was a personal financial transaction, likelyused to purchase decorative home items, frames, or mirrors for his household.
Jefferson Davis (1808 – 1889) was the only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865, leading the Confederacy during the American Civil War. During the Civil War, Davis guided the Confederacy\'s policies and served as its commander in chief. When the Confederacy was defeated in 1865, he was captured, arrested for alleged complicity in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, accused of treason, and imprisoned at Fort Monroe. He was released without trial after two years. After his release from prison, the Lost Cause of the Confederacy movement considered him to be a hero. In the late 19th and the 20th centuries, his legacy as a Confederate leader was celebrated in the South.
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