Lot
753 
[Treasury] Auditors of the Treasury Free Franks, group of 94 covers comprising the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th auditors, starting with 1810 and 1815 Richard Harrison as Auditor, 1831 R. Harrison as 1st Auditor and Jesse Miller, Tully Wise, William Collins, John C. Clark, several Chief Clerks as acting auditors, 2nd Auditor: 1826 and 1828 William Lee, 1836 William B. Lewis, John M. McCalla, several Ezra B. French including printed franks, two 1833 Amos Kendall as 4th Auditor, etc. etc.; some faults to be expected, F.-V.F., A fabulous group of this important Treasury Office post., ex-Richard Graham Collection. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
The first Auditor was a post set up in 1776 by Continental Congress to help handle claims against Congress. By 1782, when the post had been given the franking privilege, the office had grown to be one of the most important in the Treasury Dept. There was only the Auditor until 1817, when four more auditors were added with specific assignments: 2nd and 3rd handled Army accounts, 4th handled Navy and 5th State, with the 1st Auditor handling everything else. In 1836, the 6th Auditor post was created to handle Post Office accounts.
Realized: $650