Check 321 drawn from Western National Bank of Baltimore, September 18, 1873 with 2 cent Washington tax stamp - made out to John P. Poe for $1000. John Prentiss Poe was nephew of Edgar Allan Poe through his mother (second cousin once removed through his father) and Attorney General of Maryland, 1891-1895, law professor and Dean of Univ. of Md law School 1871-1909.

Nice endorsed autograph on reverse, cross-cut cancelled