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Sale 67: The Westpex Sale

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Free Franks & Autographs

Lot 1559    

Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, 1861-65. Blue 1848 folded cover with manuscript "Free J. Davis, U.S.S." free frank endorsement as U.S. Senator to Adj. General Jones at Washington D.C., red "New-York Aug 15" cds and blue manuscript "F" rating; refolded and small taped hole in address, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Jefferson Finis Davis (1808-89) was an American statesman and leader of the Confederacy during the American Civil War. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and fought in the Mexican-American War as the colonel of a volunteer regiment. He served as the United States Secretary of War under Democratic President Franklin Pierce (1853-1858), and served as a Democratic U.S. Senator from Mississippi.

Realized: $450

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