CIVIL WAR 13th AMENDMENT CONGRESSMAN NEW YORK SIGNED FREE FRANK LETTER COVER VF

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CIVIL WAR 13th AMENDMENT CONGRESSMAN NEW YORK SIGNED FREE FRANK LETTER COVER VF:
$24.99

Augustus Frank

(1826 – 1895)

CIVILWAR ABOLITIONIST U.S. REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN FROM NEW YORK 1859-1865

AMERICAN MERCHANT, RAILROAD PRESIDENT and BANKER!

Frank was instrumentalin the passage of the ThirteenthAmendment which abolished slavery, and was one of the Congressman to sign thedocument!

Here\'sa RARE CIVIL WAR DATE Ca. 1862 CONGRESSIONAL FREE FRANK LETTER COVER SIGNED byFRANK. THE COVER BEARS A CIRCULAR “DUE 3”POST OFFICE HAND STAMP AND IS ADDRESSED TO GEORGE V. SKIFF, M.D., WISHOY, ALLEGANYCOUNTY, NY.

TheCover measures 4” x 2 ½” and is in Very Good Condition, COMPLETE WITH BACKFLAP! There are no letter contents.

A FINE PIECE OF AMERICAN POLITICAL/MILITARY HISTORY TOADD TO YOUR AUTOGRAPH, MANUSCRIPT, EPHEMERA & CIVIL WAR POSTAL HISTORY COLLECTION!

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OFTHE HONORABLE

AUGUSTUS FRANK

Augustus Frank (July 17, 1826–April 29, 1895) was an American merchant, railroad executive, banker andpolitician. He served as a United States Representative from the U.S.state of New York during the American Civil War.

Early life

Frank was bown in Warsaw, Wyoming County, the son of Augustus and Jane(Patterson) Frank. He attended the common schools and engaged in mercantilepursuits.

Career

In 1856, he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention. He was electedand served three terms as a Republican Congressman from New York, servingfrom March 4, 1859, to March 3, 1865, in the 36th, 37th, and 38th Congresses. He was not a candidate forrenomination in 1864. He was instrumental in the passage of the ThirteenthAmendment which abolished slavery.

After his final term in Congress, Frank became the director of the Wyoming County National Bank in 1865. In 1867and 1868, he was a member of the New York constitutional convention. From 1870 to1872, Frank was one of the managers of the Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane in Buffalo, New York. He organizedthe Bank of Warsaw in 1871 and served as its President until his death in 1895.

Frank was the director and vice president of the Buffalo and New York City Railroad Company in 1887-1893, andwas also director of the Rochester Trust and Safe Deposit Company. In 1894, he was adelegate at large to the State constitutional convention. Frank was Statecommissioner for the preservation of public parks and was a member of the boardof directors of the Buffalo, Rochester and PittsburghRailroad.

He died in New York City on April 29, 1895, and is interred in WarsawCemetery in Warsaw, New York.

Family life

In 1867, Frank married Agnes McNair. The couple had two children, WilliamAugustus and Mary Louise Frank. Their son died in infancy.

Frank was the nephew of two other U.S. Representatives, William Patterson and George Washington Patterson.

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