Auction Date:2011 May 11 @ 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
Partly-printed DS as president, signed “Z. Taylor,” one page, 17.5 x 14.5, March 8, 1849. Taylor appoints Jacob Collamer “to be Postmaster General of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by Taylor, and countersigned by Secretary of State John Clayton. Central vertical fold, scattered toning and overall foxing, moderate wrinkling, Clayton’s signature very light but legible, and mild toning and impression to borders from previous display, otherwise very good condition. The white paper seal is intact, with a partial vertical tear.
Collamer was serving as a Whig congressman from Vermont when Taylor appointed him postmaster general, just three days after the president took his oath of office. In his new position, Collamer—a stern, intelligent supporter of the Whig Party—had control of 17,000 jobs...and was purportedly prepared to replace any employee affiliated with the Democrats with someone from his own party. He resigned from office following Taylor’s death in July 1850 and rejoined the Vermont Supreme Court, eventually elected to Congress and as a senator drafted the bill authorizing President Abraham Lincoln to use force against southern secession. High-level presidential cabinet appointments rarely appear on the market, with any document signed by Taylor during his 16 months as president even more scarce.
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