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Andrew Jackson
Signed Postal Cover
Postal cover addressed and signed by Jackson as
president to Politician and War of 1812 officer Francis Preston "
Col. Francis Preston Abington, Virginia Mr. A. Jackson Jnr."
The cover is docketed by Preston as being from Genl. Jackson 1830.
The enclosed letter was most likely hand delivered to Preston by
Jackson's son Andrew Jackson Junior, his signature "Mr. A. Jackson,
Jnr." denoting that this letter is being delivered via his son which
of course incorporates his own signature.
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PRESTON, Francis, (father of William Campbell Preston
and uncle of William Ballard Preston and William Preston), a
Representative from Virginia; born in Greenfield, Botetourt
County, Va., August 2, 1765; was graduated from the College
of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., in 1783; studied
law; was admitted to the bar and practiced in Montgomery and
Washington Counties; member of the state house of delegates
in 1788 and 1789; elected as an Anti-Administration
candidate to the Third Congress and reelected as a
Republican to the Fourth Congress (March 4, 1793-March 3,
1797); declined to be a candidate for renomination; settled
in Abingdon, Va., and resumed the practice of law; again a
member of the state house of delegates 1812-1814; colonel of
Volunteers in the War of 1812; served in the state senate
1816-1820; died at the home of his brother, William C.
Preston, in Columbia, S.C., May 26, 1836; interment in
Aspinvale Cemetery, near Seven Mile Ford, Va. |
Conservation framed with portrait
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Andrew Jackson |
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Signed Postal Cover |
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Framed Dimensions: |
19 1/2" L x 17" H |
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