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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | February 26, 1848 |
| From City | Philadelphia |
| From State | PA |
| To City | Logansport |
| To State | IN |
| Addressee | D. D. Pratt |
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| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 2 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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Lot 9 5c brown, two copies, margins to cut in, right stamp faults, other sharp impression and fresh, tied by strikes of blue PHILADA Pa 10 cts FEB 26 c.d.s. on 1848 folded letter to Indiana.
H R Harmer sale 2906 realized 460
Not listed in Alexander
Letter to Daniel Darwin Pratt (1813-1877) was a United States Senator from Indiana. Born in Palermo, Maine, he moved to Indiana in 1832 and taught school; in 1834, he settled in Indianapolis and was employed in the office of the Secretary of State. He studied law and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Logansport in 1836.
In 1851 and 1853, he was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives and was elected in 1868 as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress, but resigned on January 27, 1869, before the beginning of his term as a U.S. Representative, having been elected to the U.S. Senate at the beginning of the month. He was a member of the Senate from March 4, 1869, to March 3, 1875.
H R Harmer sale 2906 realized 460
Not listed in Alexander
Letter to Daniel Darwin Pratt (1813-1877) was a United States Senator from Indiana. Born in Palermo, Maine, he moved to Indiana in 1832 and taught school; in 1834, he settled in Indianapolis and was employed in the office of the Secretary of State. He studied law and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Logansport in 1836.
In 1851 and 1853, he was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives and was elected in 1868 as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress, but resigned on January 27, 1869, before the beginning of his term as a U.S. Representative, having been elected to the U.S. Senate at the beginning of the month. He was a member of the Senate from March 4, 1869, to March 3, 1875.
