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Thaddeus S. C. Lowe

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Thaddeus S. C. Lowe

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Auction Date:2012 Mar 14 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : 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
American balloonist (1832–1913) whose Union balloon corps tracked enemy movements, known as the father of military aerial reconnaissance in the United States. Very rare partly-printed DS, signed “T. S. C. Lowe,” one page, 8.5 x 4, May 7, 1896. Receipt issued to F. S. Dunn for a $22.00 deposit to the Mount Lowe Railway Company, signed at the conclusion by Lowe as the company’s president. Docketing over portion of document and beginning of signature, intersecting folds, uniform toning, and paper loss and a couple of tears to left edge, otherwise very good condition. In July 1861 Lowe was appointed Chief Aeronaut of the Union Army Balloon Corps by President Abraham Lincoln and performed aerial reconnaissance on the Confederate troops.