Aaron Burr – Autograph Signed Bank Check, New York, November 27, 1787

Partly printed and manuscript bank check signed by Aaron Burr (1756–1836), dated New York, November 27, 1787, payable to John Barlow or bearer for “Four hundred” dollars. The document is completed in period brown ink and signed boldly at lower right, “A. Burr,” with cancellation marks across the face consistent with normal banking practice of the era. The check is drawn on a New York bank during Burr’s early legal and political career in the post-Revolutionary period. Measuring approximately 9” x 3” the check is in superb condition. 

Dated the same year as the Constitutional Convention and during Burr’s rise within New York political circles, this check represents a scarce surviving example of Burr’s financial signature in a commercial context. Autograph material from Burr’s early professional life—prior to his vice presidency and the infamous duel with Alexander Hamilton—is notably less common than later-period material. An evocative Revolutionary-era financial document signed by one of the most controversial and fascinating figures in early American history.