Auction Date:2011 Apr 13 @ 19:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Full free frank, measuring 12.5 x 8 unfolded, with franked panel measuring 6.5 x 3.25, addressed in another hand to “Miss Catherine Goddard, Baltimore,” and franked in the lower left of the panel by Washington as “President US.” Panel also bears a New York, January 7 [circa 1790], postmark and a faint “FREE” stamp to the right of Goddard’s name. The lower flap bears a black wax seal with a heraldic device. In very good to fine condition, with seal-related losses and tears to blank flaps (a few tiny tears just extending into margins of address panel), mild soiling, and handling wear. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA.
The recipient of this correspondence was Mary Katherine (misspelled by Washington’s secretary with a “C” instead of a “K”) Goddard, considered to be a pioneer among women in Baltimore during the Revolutionary War. Named postmistress of the Charm City in 1775, she served until 1789 when the postmaster general decreed that the head of the Baltimore postal system must be a male. Two hundred Baltimore men supported her petition for reinstatement, but officials determined that a woman was unsuitable for the position because the job entailed travel beyond the capacity of a woman—a seemingly a sexist statement. Interestingly Goddard appealed to the US Senate and to Washington himself, but to no avail. Fantastic association!
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