Check signed : New York, N.Y., 1955 May 6.

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Check signed : New York, N.Y., 1955 May 6.

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Check no. 13313 drawn on Hanover Bank for $650.00, payable to Harry James, with memo: Full payment in accordance with letter dated May 6th, 1955; endorsed on verso by Harry James.

1 item ; 77 x 214 mm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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