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Acting Governor Orion Clemens Signature on Territorial Bond 105750

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Acting Governor Orion Clemens Signature on Territorial Bond  105750
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Orion Clemens signatures are hard to find and desirable. An official document signed as 'acting Governor' is highly desirable. Extra Rare. Number 10. The amount of 500 is displayed in the middle in pink. Signed by Orion Clemens as “Acting” Governor. Clemens wrote in “Acting” in his own hand. Pressed by the official territorial seal of 1861. Michael Reese purchased the bond on February 2nd. Also signed by P. G. Childs, the territorial auditor. Reverse signed by John H. Kinkead. Kinkead would become Nevada's third governor! Stamped paid Feb. 1, 1866 in blue. Black border. A vignette under the masthead shows a miner holding an American Flag, with a water mill on the left, a gully, and then a rock cabin with smoke coming out of the chimney on the right, in the background. Small vignette at bottom of Governor Nye's head and shoulders. Hole punch cancelled. Cut cancel at Acting Governor Clemens' Signature, but does not affect the appearance of this signature. _x000D_
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James Nye was appointed territorial governor by Abraham Lincoln. Orion Clemens was appointed territorial Secretary. He was the first and only territorial Secretary. According to Fred Holabird, Nye spent so much time in San Francisco, Orion acted more often as the governor than not. Holabird also relates that Clemens had a good chance of becoming Nevada’s first State Governor but at the last minute dropped out of the race to become involved in temperance work. Being involved in temperance work in a state full of miners who drank was not a wise political move. After that, Clemens' career went down hill. Clemens would move back east and finally settle in Iowa for the remainder of his life. He really had no luck at anything else he tried, including farming, and his brother, the famous writer Mark Twain, would support Clemens until he died. City: Carson City State: Nevada Date: 1862