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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | April 17, 1851 |
| From City | Buffalo |
| From State | NY |
| To City | Westfield |
| To State | NY |
| Addressee | Hon. Geo. W. Patterson |
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| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 1 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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Lot 2016 5c Red Brown (1). Three margins including portion of adjoining stamp at right, in at left, rich color from the cleaned plate, tied by blue grid with matching "Buffalo N.Y 5 Apr 17" integral-rate datestamp on 1851 folded letter to Westfield N.Y., file fold away from stamp and markings, Fine
Hammer price: $170
Scott Value: $500
Robert A. Siegel sale 1312
Not listed in Alexander
Hipstamp (buystamps) - letter and endflap images
Letter from F. Whittlesey April 15, 1851. May be Frederick Whittlesey (1799-1851), a lawyer from Rochester, NY.
Letter datelined Office Buffalo & State Line RR Co. Buffalo April 15, 1851
Whittlesey served as the City Attorney of Rochester in 1838 and as vice chancellor of the eighth judicial district of New York from 1839 to 1847. He became justice of the State Supreme Court in 1847 and 1848 and then a professor of law at Genesee College (now Syracuse University) in 1850 and 1851. He was also Vice President of the University of Rochester.
Letter written to Hon. George Washington Patterson (1799-1879), served as a member of the New York State Assembly from Livingston County in 1832, 1833, and from 1835 to 1840; Patterson was Speaker in 1839 and 1840. He was basin commissioner at Albany in 1839 and 1840. He moved to Westfield in 1841 to take charge of the Chautauqua land office. He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention in 1846.
Patterson was Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1849 to 1850, and chairman of the harbor commission at New York from 1855 to 1857. He was quarantine commissioner of the Port of New York in 1859, and was supervisor and president of the board of education for many years. He was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions of 1856 and 1860.
Hammer price: $170
Scott Value: $500
Robert A. Siegel sale 1312
Not listed in Alexander
Hipstamp (buystamps) - letter and endflap images
Letter from F. Whittlesey April 15, 1851. May be Frederick Whittlesey (1799-1851), a lawyer from Rochester, NY.
Letter datelined Office Buffalo & State Line RR Co. Buffalo April 15, 1851
Whittlesey served as the City Attorney of Rochester in 1838 and as vice chancellor of the eighth judicial district of New York from 1839 to 1847. He became justice of the State Supreme Court in 1847 and 1848 and then a professor of law at Genesee College (now Syracuse University) in 1850 and 1851. He was also Vice President of the University of Rochester.
Letter written to Hon. George Washington Patterson (1799-1879), served as a member of the New York State Assembly from Livingston County in 1832, 1833, and from 1835 to 1840; Patterson was Speaker in 1839 and 1840. He was basin commissioner at Albany in 1839 and 1840. He moved to Westfield in 1841 to take charge of the Chautauqua land office. He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention in 1846.
Patterson was Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1849 to 1850, and chairman of the harbor commission at New York from 1855 to 1857. He was quarantine commissioner of the Port of New York in 1859, and was supervisor and president of the board of education for many years. He was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions of 1856 and 1860.
