PRESIDENT FRANKLIN PIERCE POSTMASTER GENERAL CONGRESSMAN NY LETTER SIGNED 1846

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PRESIDENT FRANKLIN PIERCE POSTMASTER GENERAL CONGRESSMAN NY LETTER SIGNED 1846 :
$19.99

SELAH REEVE HOBBIE

(1797 – 1854)

JACKSONIAN CONGRESSMAN from NEW YORKin the Late 1820\'s,

NEW YORK MILITIA BRIGADE MAJOR

FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL ofthe UNITED STATES in 1853 – APPOINTED by PRESIDENT PIERCE!

HERE\'S A RARE AUTOGRAPHDOCUMENT SIGNED BY HOBBIE on “POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT” Letterhead, 1p., datedSept. 15, 1846 to Calvin Morse, Postmaster at Cambridge Post, Massachusetts. Inthis letter, Hobbie requests Morse to deposit quarterly monies received by theAssistant Treasurer of the United States at Boston, Mass. BOLDLY COMPLETED and SIGNED by HOBBIE asACTING POSTMASTER GENERAL!

THE LETTER MEASURES 8\"x 10\" & IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION!

WONDERFUL & RARE ADDITION TO ANY19th Century NY MILITARY, POLITICAL & PRESIDENTIAL AUTOGRAPH, MANUSCRIPT& EPHEMERA COLLECTION!

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE HONORABLE

SELAH REEVE HOBBIE

Selah Reeve Hobbie (March10, 1797 – March 23, 1854) was a U.S. Representative from New York, and 1stPostmaster General of the United States.

Born in Newburgh, New York, Hobbiestudied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Delhi, NewYork. He served as district attorney of Delaware County 1823-1827. He served asmember of the State assembly 1827-1829. He served in the New York Militia as aBrigade Major and Inspector.

Hobbie was elected as a Jacksonian tothe Twentieth Congress (March 4, 1827-March 3, 1829). He was appointedAssistant Postmaster General and served from 1829 until 1851, when he resignedon account of ill health. He was appointed First Assistant Postmaster Generaland served from March 22, 1853, until his death in Washington, D.C., March 23,1854. He was interred in Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C., on March 26,1854.

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