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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | August 21, 18xx |
| From City | New York |
| From State | NY |
| To City | Aberdeen |
| To State | MS |
| Addressee | Adams & Houston |
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| Quantity 1 | 2 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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Lot 135 5c Brown (1). Horizontal Pair, Large Margins all around, tied square red grid, New York pmk. on cover to Aberdeen, Miss., Extremely Fine E. VIII
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 204 realized 270
Alexander listed as 8/21/xx
H R Harmer sale 1463 lot 1440 realized 160 (image)
Stephen Adams & Lockhart E. Houston were lawyers in Aberdeen.
Stephen Adams (October 17, 1807 – May 1, 1857) moved to Aberdeen, Mississippi in 1834 and commenced the practice of law; he was circuit court judge from 1837 to 1845, and was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress, serving from March 4, 1845 to March 3, 1847. He again became judge of the circuit court in 1848, was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1850, and was a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1851.
Adams was elected to the U.S. Senate on February 19, 1852, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jefferson Davis and served from March 17, 1852, to March 4, 1857; while in the Senate he was chairman of the Committee on Retrenchment (Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth Congresses).
Lockhart E. Houston was a lawyer, circuit judge and served in the convention to rewrite the Constitution of the State of Mississippi after the Civil War.
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 204 realized 270
Alexander listed as 8/21/xx
H R Harmer sale 1463 lot 1440 realized 160 (image)
Stephen Adams & Lockhart E. Houston were lawyers in Aberdeen.
Stephen Adams (October 17, 1807 – May 1, 1857) moved to Aberdeen, Mississippi in 1834 and commenced the practice of law; he was circuit court judge from 1837 to 1845, and was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress, serving from March 4, 1845 to March 3, 1847. He again became judge of the circuit court in 1848, was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1850, and was a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1851.
Adams was elected to the U.S. Senate on February 19, 1852, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jefferson Davis and served from March 17, 1852, to March 4, 1857; while in the Senate he was chairman of the Committee on Retrenchment (Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth Congresses).
Lockhart E. Houston was a lawyer, circuit judge and served in the convention to rewrite the Constitution of the State of Mississippi after the Civil War.
