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Lot 420
Sale 1095 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents
Day 1 Lots 1-403
Nov 3, 2022
10:00AM ET
Day 2 Lots 404-634
Nov 4, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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[POSTAL HISTORY]. KENDALL, Amos (1789-1869). Document signed ("Amos Kendall"), as Postmaster General. Washington, D.C., 1 June 1839.
1 page, 16 3/8 x 10 3/16 in., minor separations along old creases, brown spotting, framed to 18 1/8 x 13 3/4 in., not examined out of frame.
A partly printed appointment for James W. Shaw as the postmaster of the Choctaw Agency in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi.
Amos Kendall was a prominent and vocal supporter of the Democratic party and Andrew Jackson as the editor-in-chief of the Argus of Western America in Frankfort, KY. President Jackson appointed Kendall as the 8th Postmaster General and he became an influential member of Jackson's "Kitchen Cabinet."
Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents