Sold – Fine Free Frank of John Quincy Adams
As Congressman to noted artist Asher B. Durand.
An address panel with free frank, with a red Washington postmark of November 22 and a pencil notation that the year was 1835.
Addressed to noted artist Asher B. Durand, the letter was sent during Adams’s struggle against the pro-slavery gag rule in the House of Representatives.
An address panel with free frank, with a red Washington postmark of November 22 and a pencil notation that the year was 1835.
Addressed to noted artist Asher B. Durand, the letter was sent during Adams’s struggle against the pro-slavery gag rule in the House of Representatives.
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