ISSUED TO NOT SIGNED 1898, New York. $5000 bond bearing 4% interest. Gray/Black. Engraved vignette at top center of the bust portrait of a gentleman flanked by young male and female allegorical figures. Issued but not signed by William Waldorf Astor. Punch Cancelled and Extremely Fine.

WILLIAM WALDORF ASTOR DS. 1pp. 8 1/4" x 6 1/2". n.p. [probably New York]. August 13, 1877. A partly-printed document signed "W. W. Astor Executor": "I William W. Astor Executor of the will of Willm. Betstor deceased do hereby constitute and appoint Philip Kissam to be my true and lawful Attorney of me and in my name and behalf, to sell, assign and transfer to Charles F. Southmayd, Philip Kissam and Henry Day Trustees of William Astor the whole of Sixteen thousand dollars in Bonds of the City of Jersey City payable 1 Jan 1883...". The piece is in extremely fine condition with white paper and dark ink and a red seal.