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(1818-72) Born in Monticello, Georgia, he studied law, commenced practice in Alabama in 1838, was a member of the Alabama State House of Representatives, and served as a judge. In early 1861 he was appointed commissioner from Alabama to the Georgia secession convention. He was then named to the Provisional Confederate Congress where he was appointed chairman of the Committee on Engrossment. He also sat on the committees on Buildings; Executive Departments; and Flag and Seal. Elected Governor of Alabama in August...  

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Concerns the Alabama Claims

(1828-1919) Born in Richmond, Vermont. Studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1849, and commenced practice in Burlington. Served as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives, 1854-59, being Speaker of the House for 3 of those years. Served in the Vermont State Senate, 1861-62, as President pro tempore. Served as United States Senator, 1866-91. He took an active part in the attempt to impeach President Andrew Johnson, was influential as a member of the electoral committee...  

1864 Free Frank Signature on Cover

(1809-1901) Born in Ballston, Saratoga County, N.Y. Whig member of the New York State Assembly in 1845. United States Congressman, 1863-69; was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury.

War Date Free Frank On Cover: signed in ink at upper right corner, Jas. M. Marvin, M.[ember] C.[ongress]. C.D.S., Washington, D.C., Mar. 20/64. Addressed to H.S. Brown, Charlton, Saratoga Co., N.Y.

Colonel of the 54th Pennsylvania Infantry

Served as U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania

(1821-88) Born near Allegheny Township, Somerset County, Pa. Attended the public schools, learned the art of printing, and was later connected with a magazine publishing company in Pittsburgh, and with the leading newspapers in New Orleans. He engaged in steam boating on the lower Mississippi River, 1844-47, and in gold mining in California in 1851. Aided in the building of the Cambria Iron Works in Johnstown, Pa. He was a delegate to the...  

General Stonewall Jackson's Chief of Staff

U.S. Congressman from Virginia

(1806-84) Graduated from Georgetown University in 1822, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1829. Member of the Virginia House of Delegates, 1829-34, and 1848-49. Commissioner of Virginia on the disputed boundaries between Virginia and Maryland. Member of the Virginia State Senate, 1838-42. Member of the Virginia State Constitutional Convention. United States Congressman, 1851-59, serving as the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs....  

Served as Major of the 1st Alabama Infantry during the Civil War

(1829-1915) Born near Louisville, Barbour County, Alabama, graduated from the University of South Carolina at Columbia in 1852, studied law in Montgomery and Tuskegee, was admitted to the bar in 1855 and commenced practice in Clayton. He volunteered for service in the Confederate Army during the Civil War and was made captain of the Clayton Guards. He later was commissioned major of the 1st Alabama Infantry. Served as United States Congressman, 1875-79; was chairman of the...  

Served as Colonel of the 130th Pennsylvania Infantry during the Civil War

Wounded in the battle of Antietam

(1837-99) Born in Conewago Township, York County, Pa. Attended the common schools and the York County Academy. Taught school in Manchester and in York. During the Civil War, he enlisted on Aug. 9, 1862, as captain, and was commissioned into Co. K, 130th Pennsylvania Infantry. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel, Aug. 17, 1862; was wounded on Sept. 17, 1862, in the battle of Antietam; promoted to colonel, Feb. 3, 1863;...  

(1827-1904) Born near Franklin, Tenn., attended Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., graduated from Lebanon Law School in 1850, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Franklin. Member of the Tennessee State House of Representatives in 1853. Was a presidential elector on the Constitutional Union ticket of Bell and Everett in 1860. Member of the Provisional Confederate Congress. Enlisted in the Confederate Army and served until being paroled in Columbus, Miss., in June 1865. Was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1868. Member...  

Severely injured by Lincoln conspirator Lewis Paine on the night of the Lincoln assassination!

(1830-1915) Born in Auburn, N.Y., he was the son of famous politician William H. Seward. Served as the Assistant Secretary of State during the Civil War in the administration of President Abraham Lincoln, and during Reconstruction under President Andrew Johnson. Seward graduated from Union College in 1849, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1851. He served as secretary to his father, 1849-57. He played an important role in the 1861...  

Member of the Texas secession convention of 1861

Served as Captain of the 6th Texas Cavalry and Brigadier General of Texas State Troops during the Civil War

Governor of Texas, 1866-67

(1825-94) He studied medicine and practiced in Collin County. During the Mexican War, he volunteered as a private and fought in Captain Robert H. Taylor's company. He then joined Major Michael H. Chevallie's Texas Rangers as assistant surgeon and between the two units he served at Monterrey, Saltillo and Buena Vista. After the...  

Served in the 5th & 9th Virginia Cavalry during the Civil War

(1822-78) Born at Providence Forge, New Kent County, Va., attended Rumford Academy, the College of William and Mary, Yale College and the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Upon his return to the U.S. he reentered William and Mary and graduated from the law department in 1843. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Norfolk. Was a delegate to the State Constitutional Convention in 1850 and 1851. Member of the Virginia State Senate, 1852-65; and presidential elector...  

(1821-1895) Born in Philadelphia, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, in 1841, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1844, and commenced practice in Philadelphia. Appointed post officer examiner for Pennsylvania and New York by President James K. Polk. Served as United States Congressman, 1861-63. Provost Marshal in Pennsylvania, 1863-65.

Signature With Title: 2 1/4 x 1 1/4, in ink, Wm. E. Lehman, M.[ember] C.[ongress]