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Thomas Jefferson Free Frank With Holograph Address

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:2,000.00 USD Estimated At:4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD
Thomas Jefferson Free Frank With Holograph Address
<Our item number 135721><B>Jefferson, Thomas.</B> &#40;1743-1826&#41; 3rd President of the United States &#40;1801-1809&#41;. Free frank signed as President, &#34;free / Th:Jefferson Pr. US,&#34; and addressed in Jefferson&#39;s hand to &#34;Mr. James Dinsmore / Monticello,&#34; cut from a folded letter, 2½ x 4½ in., n.p., n.d. Very good; toned. Matted with a portrait of Jefferson and framed to an overall size of 20½ x 18 in. With a COA from the late autograph dealer Charles Hamilton on the verso.<BR><BR>James Dinsmore &#40;c. 1771-1830&#41; was an Irish joiner, a wood worker who made doors, windows, and decorative finish work, such as cornices and mantels, balustrades, and railings. Dinsmore was responsible for most of the elegant woodwork in Jefferson&#39;s home, Monticello. Dinsmore worked at Monticello from 1798 to 1809; he trained some of Jefferson&#39;s slaves, including John Hemmings, to be joiners. After leaving Monticello, Dinsmore, worked on other buildings in Virginia, includin g the University of Virginia. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;4,000 - 6,000. <BR><BR>Our item number 135721<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/49jpegs/135721.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>