BURKE, Edmund (1809-82) - Note Signed

This New Hampshire attorney and newspaper editor ("New Hampshire Argus") was elected to Congress in 1839, serving until 1845 -- whereupon he became the second Commissioner of Patents, serving until 1850. NS, 1p, 7 3/4" X 9 3/4", [Washington, DC], 1845 August 16. Addressed to Colonel Gardner. Very good. Forwards to Gardner "two newspapers, the New York Observer and Saturday Courier, which are probably sent to this office by mistake." Attractively penned, boldly signed. .

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