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| Scott Number | 2 |
|---|---|
| Date | September 7, 18xx |
| From City | Washington |
| From State | DC |
| To City | Salem |
| To State | MA |
| Addressee | Mrs Leverett Saltonstall |
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| Quantity 1 | 0 |
| Quantity 2 | 1 |
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10c Black 1847, three large margins to touched at lower left, tied by two light red grid cancels on buff cover to Salem MA, matching Washington City D.C. Sep 7 circular datestamp, part of wax seal on reverse, small portion of top flap missing from rough opening, Fine.
David Feldman USA sale 508 lot 374 realized 550
Not listed in Alexander
Mrs. Leverett Saltonstall was born Mary Eliza Saunders in 1787 and died in January of 1858.
Saltonstall, Leverett (1783-1845), (great-grandfather of Leverett Saltonstall [1892-1979]), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Haverhill, Mass., June 13, 1783; pursued classical studies; attended Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H., and was graduated from Harvard University in 1802; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Salem in 1805; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1820 to the Seventeenth Congress; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1820; member of the State house of representatives in 1813, 1814, 1816, 1822, 1829, and 1834; served in the State senate 1817-1819, 1831, and 1832, and was its president in 1831 and 1832; first mayor of Salem, Mass., 1836-1838; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Stephen C. Phillips; reelected to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses and served from December 5, 1838, to March 3, 1843; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy (Twenty-sixth Congress), Committee on Manufactures (Twenty-seventh Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Twenty-eighth Congress; again a member of the State house of representatives in 1844; overseer of Harvard University 1835-1845; died in Salem, Essex County, Mass., May 8, 1845; interment in Harmony Grove Cemetery.
This letter is addressed to Lucy Saltonstall Tuckerman, daughter of Mary Eliza and Leverett Saltonstall and may have been written by her husband, Dr. John Francis Tuckerman.
David Feldman USA sale 508 lot 374 realized 550
Not listed in Alexander
Mrs. Leverett Saltonstall was born Mary Eliza Saunders in 1787 and died in January of 1858.
Saltonstall, Leverett (1783-1845), (great-grandfather of Leverett Saltonstall [1892-1979]), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Haverhill, Mass., June 13, 1783; pursued classical studies; attended Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H., and was graduated from Harvard University in 1802; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Salem in 1805; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1820 to the Seventeenth Congress; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1820; member of the State house of representatives in 1813, 1814, 1816, 1822, 1829, and 1834; served in the State senate 1817-1819, 1831, and 1832, and was its president in 1831 and 1832; first mayor of Salem, Mass., 1836-1838; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Stephen C. Phillips; reelected to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses and served from December 5, 1838, to March 3, 1843; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy (Twenty-sixth Congress), Committee on Manufactures (Twenty-seventh Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Twenty-eighth Congress; again a member of the State house of representatives in 1844; overseer of Harvard University 1835-1845; died in Salem, Essex County, Mass., May 8, 1845; interment in Harmony Grove Cemetery.
This letter is addressed to Lucy Saltonstall Tuckerman, daughter of Mary Eliza and Leverett Saltonstall and may have been written by her husband, Dr. John Francis Tuckerman.
