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Politician and diplomat from Rhode Island (1805–1886) who served in the State Department under Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, Andrew Johnson, U.S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Chester Arthur, and Grover Cleveland, and was acting Secretary of State on three occasions, including after William Seward suffered an injury in a carriage accident and subsequent wounding in an attack concurrent with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Manuscript letter signed “W Hunter” as Acting Secretary of State, April 29, 1865, on extremely RARE black-bordered mourning stationery, sent to Charles S. Ogden at the Union League Office in Philadelphia, in full:
Your communication of the 25th instant has been received, and placed in the hands of the Judge Advocate General.
Accompanied by the original black-bordered mailing envelope, free franked by Hunter at top right and with a very nice April 29, 1865 postmark.
Charles Smith Ogden was a prominent Philadelphia Quaker and a founding member of the Union League of Philadelphia. He was an active supporter of the Union during the Civil War. The Union League was founded in 1862 as a patriotic society to support the policies of Abraham Lincoln and the Union during the Civil War.
An amazing relic from a pivotal moment in US history.
Politician and diplomat from Rhode Island (1805–1886) who served in the State Department under Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, Andrew Johnson, U.S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Chester Arthur, and Grover Cleveland, and was acting Secretary of State on three occasions, including after William Seward suffered an injury in a carriage accident and subsequent wounding in an attack concurrent with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Manuscript letter signed “W Hunter” as Acting Secretary of State, April 29, 1865, on extremely RARE black-bordered mourning stationery, sent to Charles S. Ogden at the Union League Office in Philadelphia, in full:
Your communication of the 25th instant has been received, and placed in the hands of the Judge Advocate General.
Accompanied by the original black-bordered mailing envelope, free franked by Hunter at top right and with a very nice April 29, 1865 postmark.
Charles Smith Ogden was a prominent Philadelphia Quaker and a founding member of the Union League of Philadelphia. He was an active supporter of the Union during the Civil War. The Union League was founded in 1862 as a patriotic society to support the policies of Abraham Lincoln and the Union during the Civil War.
An amazing relic from a pivotal moment in US history.