GUNTHER, C.G. (1822 - 1885)

Signed Check Broadway Bank by Mayor of New York City C.G. Gunther

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Signed Check by Mayor of New York City C.G. Gunther. Check No. 3551 from the Broadway Bank for $10, June 14, 1864. Framed. Please inquire for more information.

Charles Godfrey Gunther was mayor of New York City from 1864 until 1866. Gunther was active in Tammany Hall politics since his teenage years. In 1861 he ran for mayor as a Democrat, but lost to Republican George Opdyke in an election fraught with Civil War complications. In 1863 Gunther ran again and was elected, serving his two-year term from 1864 until 1866.

Binding: Framed
Condition: Near Fine
Language: English

Price: $150.00

Item #328857