Albion K. Parris (1788 – 1857). U.S. Senator and Governor From Maine. Second comptroller of the treasury. Free Franked Address Leaf as Second Comptroller. “Free, A. K. Parris, 2nd. Comptroller”. Addressed to P. R. Fendall, Esqr., U.S. Dist. Atty., Washington. A contemporaneous note indicates the letter was dated May 29, 1843.

Columbus Delano (1809 – 1896). U.S. Congressman From Ohio, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Secretary of the Interior. Free Franked Imprinted Envelope of the Treasury Department, Office of Internal Revenue. “C. Delano”. Addressed to Prof. B. s. Hedrick, Patent Office, Washington, D.C.

Comptroller’s Office. Addressed to Francis Page, Esquire. Collector, York Town, Virginia. GABRIEL DUVAL, jurist, was born in Prince George County, Md., Dec. 6, 1752; of French Huguenot ancestry. He was admitted to the bar and practiced in his native state. In 1794 he was elected a representative in the 4th congress, resigning just before the completion of his term to accept his appointment as judge of the Supreme Court of Maryland. He was a presidential elector in 1796 and 1800; was comptroller of the U. S. treasury, 1802-11, and Nov. 18, 1811, was appointed an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. He resigned in 1836 and died in Prince George county, Md., March 6, 1844. Fine.

Lafayette Sabine Foster (1806 – 1880). U.S. Senator From Connecticut. Free Franked Envelope. “L. F. S. Foster”. Addressed to Mrs. Juliette F. Gaylord, Care of Rev. Gaylord, Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire.

ASBURY DICKENS from North Carolina signed as Secretary of the Senate (1836-1861). “Free Asbury Dickens, Secretary of the Senate.”

LAFAYETTE FOSTER. Free Franked envelope. Addressed to J. F. Gaylord in his hand. Fine.

4 3/4" x 2 3/4". Tipped onto a cardboard backing paper. London, February twenty fifth 1820. LORD PALMERSTON (1784 - 1865) British Statesman. Fine.

Charles Sumner (1811 – 1874). U.S. Senator From Massachusetts. Free Franked Envelope. “C. Sumner”. Addressed to John Owen, Cambridge, Mass. Light tear through a portion of Sumner’s signature.

A. Lawrence Foster. U.S. Congressman from New York. Free Frank on a cut panel. “A. Lawrence Foster”. Addressed to Henry L. Sheldon, Esq., Middlebury, Vermont.