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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | October 20, 1850 |
| From City | Baltimore |
| From State | MD |
| To City | New York |
| To State | NY |
| Addressee | Ward & Price |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 132193 |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 1 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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Notes
PF 132193
1 1847 5¢ red brown ON FOLDED LETTER WITH BLUE BALTIMORE, MD. OCT 20 (1850) CDS
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
It Is A Genuine Usage
Alexander listed as 10/20/50
Robert G. Kaufmann sale 27 lot 111
Lot 1403 5c Red Brown (1). Huge margins to clear including left sheet margin and part of adjoining stamp at top, worn-plate impression, tied by red grid cancel, blue "Baltimore Md. Oct. 20" (1850) circular datestamp on folded letter to New York, Fine, with 1984 P.F. certificate
Robert A. Siegel sale 1364 realized 190 (image)
Samuel Ward & Rodman M. Price were bankers at 40 Wall Street (1851 Doggett’s & Rodes NYC directory)
In 1840 Rodman M. Price was appointed a naval purser and was sent to California in 1846 on the ship "Cyane." He served as alcalde of Monterey and was a member of both San Francisco's first municipal council and the California Constitutional Convention in 1849. Price invested heavily in San Francisco real estate. He returned to New Jersey in 1850 and with his partner, Samuel Ward, established the New York office of Ward & Price, Bankers and Agents for California. In New Jersey he served as congressman (1851-53) and governor (1854-57)
Samuel Ward is more difficult to identify. Google AI suggests (1) Samuel Cutler Ward (1814-1884), son of Samuel Ward, III (1786-1839), NY banker and member of the firm Prime, Ward & King. Samuel Cuttler Ward was in California in 1849 but traveled to Central and South America during the 1850’s, returning to New York in 1859. After the Civil War, he became a lobbyist in Washington, D. C. and was known as “the King of the Lobby”. He was the elder brother of Julia Ward Howe.
Google AI suggests another possibility, (2) that Price’s partner was Samuel Gray Ward (1817-1907). He an American poet, author, and minor member of the Transcendentalism movement. He was also a banker and a co-founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This Samuel was a cousin of Samuel Ward, III.
1 1847 5¢ red brown ON FOLDED LETTER WITH BLUE BALTIMORE, MD. OCT 20 (1850) CDS
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
It Is A Genuine Usage
Alexander listed as 10/20/50
Robert G. Kaufmann sale 27 lot 111
Lot 1403 5c Red Brown (1). Huge margins to clear including left sheet margin and part of adjoining stamp at top, worn-plate impression, tied by red grid cancel, blue "Baltimore Md. Oct. 20" (1850) circular datestamp on folded letter to New York, Fine, with 1984 P.F. certificate
Robert A. Siegel sale 1364 realized 190 (image)
Samuel Ward & Rodman M. Price were bankers at 40 Wall Street (1851 Doggett’s & Rodes NYC directory)
In 1840 Rodman M. Price was appointed a naval purser and was sent to California in 1846 on the ship "Cyane." He served as alcalde of Monterey and was a member of both San Francisco's first municipal council and the California Constitutional Convention in 1849. Price invested heavily in San Francisco real estate. He returned to New Jersey in 1850 and with his partner, Samuel Ward, established the New York office of Ward & Price, Bankers and Agents for California. In New Jersey he served as congressman (1851-53) and governor (1854-57)
Samuel Ward is more difficult to identify. Google AI suggests (1) Samuel Cutler Ward (1814-1884), son of Samuel Ward, III (1786-1839), NY banker and member of the firm Prime, Ward & King. Samuel Cuttler Ward was in California in 1849 but traveled to Central and South America during the 1850’s, returning to New York in 1859. After the Civil War, he became a lobbyist in Washington, D. C. and was known as “the King of the Lobby”. He was the elder brother of Julia Ward Howe.
Google AI suggests another possibility, (2) that Price’s partner was Samuel Gray Ward (1817-1907). He an American poet, author, and minor member of the Transcendentalism movement. He was also a banker and a co-founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This Samuel was a cousin of Samuel Ward, III.
