Lot 75
Two Maryland Letters to Gideon Wells & Two Lincoln Cabinet Officers. Two autograph letters signed, both addressed to Secretary of the Navy Gideon Wells, and both highly recommending Robert H. Thompson for a position as an officer in the Marine Corps. John P. Kennedy (1795-1870) a Whig politician who served as United States Secretary of the Navy under Millard Fillmore (1852-1853), and as a U.S. Representative from the Maryland's 4th congressional district (1838-39), wrote on Aug. 14, 1861, and Charles Benedict Calvert (1808-64), a U.S. Congressman from the sixth district of Maryland, wrote on Aug. 1, 1861. Total of 4 pages, 8 x 5 in. Together with a toned 5 x 7½ in. album page signed and dated by Lincoln's first Vice President, "Hannibal Hamlin / May 8 1889"; also, a 2¼ x 3½ in. piece of paper signed "J. Speed / Atty. Genl." Speed served as Lincoln's Attorney General from December 1864 to July 1866.
Estimated Value $250 - 300.
Ex William "Bill" Steiner Collection, Manuscripts and Autographs, June 27, 2015, lot 348 (sold for $150.00 but not paid).
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