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<p>[QUOTE="tandkpaxton, post: 43824, member: 39"]The practice of having secretaries sign documents started in the Jackson administration, supposedly because Ol' Andy fell off his horse, broke his arm and couldn't sign anything. Once the practice started, it staid.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's usually pretty easy to determine if a document like this is signed by a secretary as they never made any effort to resemble the real signature. If the signature on the document compares well with a known example of Welles' signature it is most likely original.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="tandkpaxton, post: 43824, member: 39"]The practice of having secretaries sign documents started in the Jackson administration, supposedly because Ol' Andy fell off his horse, broke his arm and couldn't sign anything. Once the practice started, it staid. It's usually pretty easy to determine if a document like this is signed by a secretary as they never made any effort to resemble the real signature. If the signature on the document compares well with a known example of Welles' signature it is most likely original.[/QUOTE]
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