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CIVIL WAR RECON CONGRESSMAN WEST CHESTER PA ATTORNEY GENERAL AUTOGRAPH SIGNED VF
CIVIL WAR RECON CONGRESSMAN WEST CHESTER PA ATTORNEY GENERAL AUTOGRAPH SIGNED VF

CIVIL WAR RECON CONGRESSMAN WEST CHESTER PA ATTORNEY GENERAL AUTOGRAPH SIGNED VF

$ 5.27

Availability: 100 in stock
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  • Condition: VF
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Signed: Yes
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  • Signed by: WASHINGTON TOWNSEND-1870s CONGRESSMAN PA DEP AG
  • Modified Item: No
  • Autograph Authentication: GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC
  • Industry: Congressional

    Description

    WASHINGTON TOWNSEND
    (1813 - 1894)
    US CIVIL WAR RECONSTRUCTION ERA REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN FROM PENNSYLVANIA
    1869-1877,
    DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL OF PA 1848-51
    &
    BANKER – PRESIDENT OF THE BANK OF CHESTER COUNTY 1879-1894!
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    HERE’S TOWNSEND’S SIGNATURE REMOVED FROM A CONGRESSIONAL FREE FRANK COVER ADDRESSED and SIGNED IN TOWNSEND’S HAND:
    “
    W. Townsend
    MC”
    THE COVER IS ADDRESSED TO:
    “
    H. Storm Esq.”
    and BEARS A WASHINGTON D.C. “FREE” CDS POSTMARK.
    The document measures 5½” x 1½” and is in very fine condition, complete with backflap.
    The document measures 6” x 1 ¼” and is in VF condition.
    A FINE ADDITION TO YOUR PENNSYLVANIA POLITICAL HISTORY AUTOGRAPH, MANUSCRIPT & EPHEMERA COLLECTION!
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    BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE HONORABLE
    WASHINGTON TOWNSEND
    Washington Townsend
    (January 20, 1813 – March 18, 1894) was a
    Republican
    member of the
    U.S. House of Representatives
    from
    Pennsylvania
    .
    Washington Townsend was born in
    West Chester, Pennsylvania
    . He attended a private school and
    West Chester Academy
    . He was engaged as a bank teller from 1828 to 1844. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1844 and commenced practice in West Chester. He served as prosecuting attorney of
    Chester County, Pennsylvania
    , in 1848. He served as deputy attorney under Attorneys General Darragh and Cooper. He was cashier of the Bank of Chester County from 1849 to 1857. He was a delegate to the Whig National Convention in 1852, and a delegate to the
    1860 Republican National Convention
    .
    Townsend was elected as a
    Republican
    to the
    Forty-first
    and to the three succeeding Congresses. He served as chairman of the
    United States House Committee on Public Lands
    during the
    Forty-third
    Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1876. He again resumed the practice of his profession in West Chester, and served as president of the Bank of Chester County from 1879 to 1894. He died in West Chester in 1894. Interment in Oakland Cemetery, near West Chester.
    I am a proud member of the Universal Autograph Collectors Club (UACC), The Ephemera Society of America, the Manuscript Society and the American Political Items Collectors (APIC) (member name: John Lissandrello). I subscribe to each organizations' code of ethics and authenticity is guaranteed. ~Providing quality service and historical memorabilia online for over twenty years.~
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