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.

James G. Clinton (1804 – 1849). U.S. Congressman From New York. Free Franked Cut Panel. “Free Jas. G. Clinton”. Addressed to Henry L. Sheldon, Esq., Middlebury, Vermont.

Micajah Thomas Hawkins (1790 – 1858). U.S. Congressman From North Carolina. Free Franked Address Leaf. “Free M. T. Hawkins”. Addressed to Mr. Rich’d Roberson, White Plains, Brunswick, Va.

OLIVER WOLCOTT, JR. (1760-1833). Secretary of the Treasury under Washington and Adams; Governor of Connecticut. Son of a Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Oliver Jr. served the treasury Department faithfully and superbly under Alexander Hamilton, and was instrumental in developing a plan for the establishment of branches of the Bank of the United States (founded 1791). Free Franked address leaf. Addressed in a secretarial hand and signed as Treasury Secretary “Free, Oliv. Wolcott, Jr.”. A fresh example

Michael W. Ash (1789 – 1858). U.S. Congressman From Pennsylvania. Early law partner of future President James Buchanan. Free Franked Address Leaf. “M. W. Ash”. Addressed to Mahlon Dickerson, Secretary of the Navy.

RANDALL L. GIBSON (1832-1892) U.S. Senator and Representative from Louisiana. Gibson also served as a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army, a regent of the Smithsonian Institution and as president of the board of administrators of Tulane University. United States Senate envelope Free Franked, "R.L. Gibson." Very Fine.

Thomas A. Jenckes (1818 – 1875). U.S. Congressman From Rhode Island. He introduced the bill that created the U.S. Justice Department and was an avid supporter of civil service reform. Free Franked Envelope. “T. A. Jenckes, M.C.” Addressed to Messrs. Ould & Carrington, No. 1113.

William A. Crabb, Senate. Term Expired 1857 Addressed to J. M. Bell, Esq., Huntington, Pennsylvania. Fine.

James Hamilton, Jr. (1786 – 1857). U.S. Congressman From South Carolina. Free Franked Address Leaf. “Free, J. Hamilton, Jr.” Addressed to Hon. R. Y. Hayne, Camden, So. Carolina.

Thomas H. Cushing. (1755 – 1822). Adjutant General of the U.S. Army. Original member of the Society of Cincinnati. Free Franked Address Leaf. “Adj. Genl’s Office. T. H. Cushing”. Addressed to Major David Campbell, 12th Regiment, Infantry.” Some tears at the lower center portion, not affecting Cushing’s signature.

John Roane (1766 – 1838) U.S. Congressman From Virginia. Free Franked Address Leaf. The left top portion of the panel is cut away. “Free, J. Roane”. Addressed to Mr. John B. Clopton, Fraysers Tavern, New Kent County, Virginia.”

John Y. Mason (1799 – 1859). U.S. Congressman from Virginia. Free Frank on a cut panel. “J. Y. Mason” Addressed to Hon. Henry A. Wise, Governor of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

WILLIAM GRAYSON. Free Franked address leaf. Addressed to William Grayson, Jr. The ink is a bit light. Fine.

WILLIAM L. MARCY (1786-1857). Marcy was New York Governor, Senator and Polk’s Secretary of War during the Mexican War. His greatest contribution, however, was as Pierce's Secretary of State, when he negotiated twenty-four treaties. Free Franked Envelope. Marcy Franked the envelope while serviing as Secretary of War. A notation in pencil indicates the accompanying letter (not present) was dated Feb. 8, 1847. Fine.