1889 LETTER SIGNED NEW MEXICO TERRITORY GOV L BRADFORD PRINCE RPO RAILROAD -NY

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1889 LETTER SIGNED NEW MEXICO TERRITORY GOV L BRADFORD PRINCE RPO RAILROAD -NY:
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AMAZING LETTER WITH AUTOGRAPH OFL BRADFORD PRINCE, SIGNED \"BRADFORD,\" ENVELOPE IS ADDRESSED BY HIM TO HIS WIFE SO HIS SIGNATURE IS ALSO INCORPORATED INTO THE ADDRESS, TO \"MRS L.B. PRINCE, FLUSHING, NY.\" WRITTEN ON A TRAIN IN 1889 & HEADLINED \"PAST HARRISBURG,\" ALSO STAMP & RAILROAD \"RPO\" POSTMARK, LETTERHEAD \"AMERICAN CHURCH BUILDING FUND COMMISSION,\" SUPERB !!
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April 17, 1889– April 20, 1893Appointed byBenjamin HarrisonPreceded byEdmund G. RossSucceeded byWilliam Taylor ThorntonChief Justice of New Mexico Supreme CourtIn office
1878–1882New York State Senator 1st DistrictIn office
1876–1877Personal detailsBornJuly 3, 1840
Flushing, New YorkDiedDecember 22, 1922(aged82)
Flushing, New YorkResting placeFlushing CemeteryNationalityAmericanPolitical partyRepublicanAlma materColumbia style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;\">LeBaron Bradford Prince(July 3, 1840– December 22, 1922) was the 14th Governor ofNew Mexico Territoryfrom 1889 to 1893.

Biography[edit]

Prince was born on July 3, 1840, inFlushing, Queens,New York. His parents were horticulturistWilliam Robert Princeand his wife, Charlotte Goodwin (Collins) Prince. Young Prince started his career working in nurseries run by his father and brother. The nurseries were sold at the end of theCivil War, and he studied law at Columbia University, where he received an LL.B. in 1866.[1][2]

He was a delegate to Republican National Convention from New York in 1868. He was a member of theNew York State Assembly(Queens Co., 1st D.) in1871,1872,1873,1874and1875. He was a member of theNew York State Senate(1st D.) in1876and1877.

In the Republican National Convention of 1876, he was among those who supportedRutherford B. HayesoverRoscoe Conkling. This resulted him being given the opportunity to be governor of theTerritory of Idaho.[1]He passed on this option, but later became a chief justice of the New Mexico Territorial Supreme Court in 1878. He held that position till 1882. In 1883, he became president of the New Mexico Historical Society.[1]He wasGovernor of New MexicoTerritory from 1889 to 1893. He was a member of New Mexico Territorial Council in 1909 and a delegate to the New Mexico State Constitutional Convention of 1911.

Prince led the movement to create theSpanish American Normal Schooland served as President of its governing board from 1909-1912.[3]

He was a member of the New Mexico Horticultural Society, the Society for the Preservation of Spanish Antiquities, the New Mexico Archaeological Society,[1]theSociety of the Cincinnati,Sons of the Revolution, theSociety of Colonial Warsand theProtestant Episcopal Church.

In 1879, he married Hattie E. Childs, who died in 1880. In 1881, he married Mary C. Beardsley. They had one child.[1]Prince died on December 22, 1922, inQueens, New York.

Works[edit]Wikisourcehas original works written by or about:
L. Bradford Prince

The General Laws of New Mexico(1880)
A Nation or a League(1880)
Historical Sketches of New Mexico(1883)
The American Church and Its Name(1887)
The Money Problem(1896)
The Stone Lions of Cochiti (1903)
Old Fort Marcy (1911)
A Concise History of New Mexico(1912)
The Student\'s History of New Mexico (1913)
Spanish Mission Churches of New Mexico (1915)
Abraham Lincoln, the Man (1917)

New York AssemblyPrecededby
James B. PearsallNew York State Assembly
Queens County, 1st D. CockNew York State SenatePrecededby
John A. KingNew York State Senate
1st M. OakleyGovernment officesPrecededby
Edmund G. RossGovernor of New Mexico Taylor Thornton