Lot 4041

Description

Archibald Butt (Titanic casualty) signature, in ink on cheque number 183, for The Riggs National Bank of Washington D.C., dated Sept 30, 1904 for $4.81 payable to A.W. Butt. CaptQMR. U.S.A., all details written and with bank stamp, on back is endorsement, 'A W Butt, Capt. Qr. Mr. U.S.A.' also another 'Thos McCabe', punch hole cancelled 'PAID'. Nearly uncirculated with spike hole and split in centre, overall fine.

With certificate of authenticity of RR Auction.

Archibald Willingham De Graffenreid Clarendon Butt (1865 - 1912) was an American journalist and United States Army officer. After a short career as a newspaper reporter, he served two years as the First Secretary of the American embassy in Mexico. He was commissioned in the United States Volunteers in 1900 and served in the Quartermaster Corps during the Philippine Insurrection. He gained notice for his work in logistics and animal husbandry, and received a commission in the regular United States Army in 1901. After brief postings in Washington, D.C., and Cuba, he was appointed military aide to Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. He died in the sinking of the R.M.S.Titanic.