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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | February 20, 1849 |
| From City | New York |
| From State | NY |
| To City | Boston |
| To State | MA |
| Addressee | P. W. Chandler |
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| Quantity 1 | 1 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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Lot 1460 5¢ Red Brown, margins large to just touching frameline, deep color, tied by red grid handstamp on 1849 folded letter to Boston, Mass., matching "New - York, Feb 20" cds, Very Fine.
Scott No. 1 Estimate $200 - 300.
Schuyler J. Rumsey Inc sale 55
Alexander listed as 2/20/49
Harmers International sale 12 lot 35 realized 450 (1 of 2 covers, full image)
Letter Datelined New York Feb 19, 1849 and signed by John Hopkins.
Peleg Whitman Chandler was born April 12, 1816, in New Gloucester, Maine, to Peleg and Esther Parsons Chandler. He attended Bangor Seminary and Bowdoin College. Upon graduation in 1834, he studied law in his father’s office, the office of Theophilus Parsons, and the Harvard Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1837. That same year he married Martha Ann Bush. The couple had four children.
In addition to a successful law practice, Peleg Chandler contributed to the legal profession through his writings. He was a reporter for the Daily Advertiser, covering cases in higher courts. He founded the Law Reporter, the first successful legal magazine in the United States. He published the popular, two-volume American Criminal Trials in the United State and London. Chandler was elected to the Boston common council, serving from 1843 to 1845. He served two terms (1844-1846, 1862-1863) in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He also served as Boston’s city solicitor from 1846 to1853 and as U.S. Commissioner of Bankruptcy. He was a member of the governor’s council in 1850 as well as a trustee of Bowdoin College. The accomplishment that pleased him most was the establishment and protection of a public garden next to the Boston Common. Peleg Chandler died May 28, 1889, in Boston, Massachusetts.
There are 4 John Hopkins listed in the 1848 edition of Doggett’s. One, John P. Hopkins, was a bookbinder, which seems the best fit to Mr. Chandler.
Scott No. 1 Estimate $200 - 300.
Schuyler J. Rumsey Inc sale 55
Alexander listed as 2/20/49
Harmers International sale 12 lot 35 realized 450 (1 of 2 covers, full image)
Letter Datelined New York Feb 19, 1849 and signed by John Hopkins.
Peleg Whitman Chandler was born April 12, 1816, in New Gloucester, Maine, to Peleg and Esther Parsons Chandler. He attended Bangor Seminary and Bowdoin College. Upon graduation in 1834, he studied law in his father’s office, the office of Theophilus Parsons, and the Harvard Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1837. That same year he married Martha Ann Bush. The couple had four children.
In addition to a successful law practice, Peleg Chandler contributed to the legal profession through his writings. He was a reporter for the Daily Advertiser, covering cases in higher courts. He founded the Law Reporter, the first successful legal magazine in the United States. He published the popular, two-volume American Criminal Trials in the United State and London. Chandler was elected to the Boston common council, serving from 1843 to 1845. He served two terms (1844-1846, 1862-1863) in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He also served as Boston’s city solicitor from 1846 to1853 and as U.S. Commissioner of Bankruptcy. He was a member of the governor’s council in 1850 as well as a trustee of Bowdoin College. The accomplishment that pleased him most was the establishment and protection of a public garden next to the Boston Common. Peleg Chandler died May 28, 1889, in Boston, Massachusetts.
There are 4 John Hopkins listed in the 1848 edition of Doggett’s. One, John P. Hopkins, was a bookbinder, which seems the best fit to Mr. Chandler.
