The Washington Post reports on the treasure trove in the vault of the Riggs Bank.
The Lincoln check is among a trove of documents gathered over the decades by Washington’s venerable and now-defunct Riggs Bank — which, along with its antecedents, had customers ranging from Davy Crockett to President George H.W. Bush.
The collection includes letters, notes and checks written by, among others, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Theodore Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, Brigham Young and Gen. John Pershing.