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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | 21 of a month in 18xx |
| From City | Philadelphia |
| From State | PA |
| To City | Lancaster |
| To State | PA |
| Addressee | William M. Meredith |
| Cert Author | |
| Cert # | |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 1 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
| Bisect | |
| Others |
Notes
UNITED STATES 1a 1847 FRANKLIN USED BLUE CANCEL ON COVER
EBAY lot (SuperiorStamps)
Not listed in Alexander
CDS Philadelphia xx/21, probably AUG.
Letter to William Morris Meredith (1799-1873), attorney. He served as a Pennsylvania state representative (1824-1828), as a member of the 1837 Pennsylvania State Convention, as the Pennsylvania district attorney for a brief stint in 1841, as the secretary of the treasury in the cabinet of President Zachary Taylor (1849-1850), was a delegate to the Abortive Peace Conference in 1861, and as the Pennsylvania attorney general from 1861 to 1867.
EBAY lot (SuperiorStamps)
Not listed in Alexander
CDS Philadelphia xx/21, probably AUG.
Letter to William Morris Meredith (1799-1873), attorney. He served as a Pennsylvania state representative (1824-1828), as a member of the 1837 Pennsylvania State Convention, as the Pennsylvania district attorney for a brief stint in 1841, as the secretary of the treasury in the cabinet of President Zachary Taylor (1849-1850), was a delegate to the Abortive Peace Conference in 1861, and as the Pennsylvania attorney general from 1861 to 1867.

