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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | May 16, 1850 |
| From City | Lexington |
| From State | KY |
| To City | Louisville |
| To State | KY |
| Addressee | Hon. James Guthrie |
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| Quantity 1 | 1 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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Lot 7155 5c Red Brown (1). Large margins at top and right including framelines of adjacent stamps, clear at left and bottom, manuscript "X" cancel on 1850 folded letter to Louisville Ky., faint red "Lexington Ky. May 16" datestamp, light wear, Fine, addressed to James Guthrie who was later Secretary of the Treasury and a Senator from Kentucky
Hammer price: $170
Scott Value: $500
Robert A. Siegel sale 1317 (image)
Not listed in Alexander
Letter to James Guthrie (1792-1869), an American lawyer, plantation owner, railroad president and Democratic Party politician in Kentucky. He served as the 21st United States Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan, and then became president of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. After serving, part-time, in both houses of the Kentucky legislature as well as Louisville's City Council before the American Civil War (and failing to win his party's nomination in the presidential election of 1860), Guthrie became one of Kentucky's United States senators in 1865 (until resigning for health reasons in 1868 shortly before his death).
Guthrie also was a director of the Louisville and Portland Canal Company, the first president of the University of Louisville, and presided over the Kentucky Constitutional Convention of 1849.
Hammer price: $170
Scott Value: $500
Robert A. Siegel sale 1317 (image)
Not listed in Alexander
Letter to James Guthrie (1792-1869), an American lawyer, plantation owner, railroad president and Democratic Party politician in Kentucky. He served as the 21st United States Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan, and then became president of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. After serving, part-time, in both houses of the Kentucky legislature as well as Louisville's City Council before the American Civil War (and failing to win his party's nomination in the presidential election of 1860), Guthrie became one of Kentucky's United States senators in 1865 (until resigning for health reasons in 1868 shortly before his death).
Guthrie also was a director of the Louisville and Portland Canal Company, the first president of the University of Louisville, and presided over the Kentucky Constitutional Convention of 1849.
