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VERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON'S "PRESIDENT U.S." FREE FRANK.
After Washington resigned as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, his non-private mail continued to arrive in great volumes. On April 28, 1784, his franking privilege was extended. Technically, he did not receive the right to free frank mail as President until the Act of March 3, 1792 (effective June 1, 1792, and just over three years into his first term), but he began franking in his own particular way as soon as he took office. Washington is the only president to use the "President U.S." form of free frank without a signature.
Accompanied by typed transcript of contents. Ex Hessel. (Image)
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FINE. AN ATTRACTIVE AND RARE THOMAS JEFFERSON FREE FRANK AS SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE FIRST YEARS OF THE WASHINGTON ADMINISTRATION.
A review using Power Search failed to locate another example of Jefferson's free frank as Secretary of State or on a cover with a Franklin-style datestamp, making this a particularly early example. Jefferson served as the first United States Secretary of State, from March 22, 1790, to December 31, 1793. Francis Childs and John Swaine were prominent early printers and newspaper publishers in New York, responsible for the New York Daily Advertiser, which was the first daily newspaper in the United States as well as the bound Acts Passed at a (First) Congress of the United States of America, more popularly known as the Acts of Congress book (source: National Archives). (Image)
VERY FINE AUTOGRAPHED LETTER FROM 26-YEAR OLD JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, SON OF A PRESIDENT AND FUTURE PRESIDENT, WRITTEN DURING THE WASHINGTON ADMINISTRATION, LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER THE START OF HIS CAREER IN PUBLIC SERVICE.
John Quincy Adams served his country during the course of more than 50 years in an astonishing number of positions, spanning the terms of each of the first 11 Presidents of the United States. He served as minister to the Netherlands (1794-97), minister to Prussia (1797-1801), United States Senator from Massachusetts (1803-1808), minister to Russia (1809-1814), minister to the Court at St. James (1814-1817), United States Secretary of State (1817-1825, under President Monroe), President of the United States (1825-1829), and finally as a United States Representative from Massachusetts (1831-1848), where he was a tireless anti-slavery advocate until his death on Feb. 23, 1848. This letter dates from the first weeks of his illustrious career. (Image)
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