Auction Date:2013 Feb 13 @ 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
Rare partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “Z. Taylor,” one page, 17.25 x 14.25, March 8, 1849. President Taylor appoints Jabob Collamer “to be Postmaster General of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by Taylor and countersigned by Secretary of State John Clayton. In very good condition, with a central vertical crease, scattered moderate foxing, portions of handwritten text and Clayton’s signature light, but still legible, and mild wrinkling. The white wafer seal is cracked and toned, but still intact. Three days after he took his oath of office, Taylor appointed Collamer, a Whig congressman from Vermont, to the position of postmaster general. He resigned from office following Taylor’s sudden death in July 1850 and returned to Vermont where he served as a judge on the Superior Court of Vermont. One of the founders of the Republican party, Collamer was elected to the US Senate in 1855 and later drafted the bill authorizing Abraham Lincoln to use force against southern secession. High-level presidential cabinet appointments rarely appear on the market, and as a piece signed by Taylor during his 16 month presidency, this is an even more scarce and desirable example.
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