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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | October 1, 1847 |
| From City | New York |
| From State | NY |
| To City | Albany |
| To State | NY |
| Addressee | Franklin Townsend & Co. |
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| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 1 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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Lot 3459 1847, 5¢ dark brown (Scott 1a), four nice margins, tied by a red square grid alongside a matching "New-York, Oct 1" c.d.s. on an 1847 folded letter to Albany, N.Y., Very Fine, signed J.A. Fox.
Scott $625.
Daniel F. Kelleher sale 781 realized 400
Not listed in Alexander
Letter datelined New York Oct 1, 1847 and signed Fairbanks & Co.
The 1847 edition of Doggett’s lists Charles Fairbanks & Co as dealers in scales at 81 Water Street in New York City.
Franklin Townsend (1821-1898), in 1840, joined the family business which included the buying and selling of both foreign and domestic iron and the production, at their foundry, of mill gearings, machinery castings, chilled and dry sand rolls and railroad car wheels. When his Uncle John Townsend died in 1849, he became a partner with his cousin Theodore Townsend (1826-1905), son of John. Franklin's oldest son, Rufus King Townsend (1853-1895), succeeded him in 1871. Franklin Townsend served as mayor of Albany in 1850, a member of the state assembly in 1857, and as adjutant general for New York from 1869-1873.
The business had various names and did not become Franklin Townsend & Co. until 1856. From 1838 to 1949, it was called John Townsend (Franklin’s father) and from 1849 to 1855, the business was called F. & T. Townsend, named after Franklin & Theodore. The 1845 edition of Hoffman’s Albany Directory lists the company as Townsend’s Furnace and the 1854 edition refers to it as F & T Townsend.
This raises the question “Is this Fox cover genuine?”.
Scott $625.
Daniel F. Kelleher sale 781 realized 400
Not listed in Alexander
Letter datelined New York Oct 1, 1847 and signed Fairbanks & Co.
The 1847 edition of Doggett’s lists Charles Fairbanks & Co as dealers in scales at 81 Water Street in New York City.
Franklin Townsend (1821-1898), in 1840, joined the family business which included the buying and selling of both foreign and domestic iron and the production, at their foundry, of mill gearings, machinery castings, chilled and dry sand rolls and railroad car wheels. When his Uncle John Townsend died in 1849, he became a partner with his cousin Theodore Townsend (1826-1905), son of John. Franklin's oldest son, Rufus King Townsend (1853-1895), succeeded him in 1871. Franklin Townsend served as mayor of Albany in 1850, a member of the state assembly in 1857, and as adjutant general for New York from 1869-1873.
The business had various names and did not become Franklin Townsend & Co. until 1856. From 1838 to 1949, it was called John Townsend (Franklin’s father) and from 1849 to 1855, the business was called F. & T. Townsend, named after Franklin & Theodore. The 1845 edition of Hoffman’s Albany Directory lists the company as Townsend’s Furnace and the 1854 edition refers to it as F & T Townsend.
This raises the question “Is this Fox cover genuine?”.
