February 29, 2024
GALLATIN, ALBERT SEC. OF TREASURY JEFFERSON SIGNED FREE POST + ENGRAVING C. 1860
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GALLATIN, ALBERT SEC. OF TREASURY JEFFERSON SIGNED FREE POST + ENGRAVING C. 1860 THIS AUCTION CONT AINS A FREE P OSTAL LETTER COVER, SIGNED BY "ALBERT GALLATIN , SEC TREASY ". IT IS ADDRESSED TO "HENRY kUHL Esq. Cashier of the Farmer's & Mechanics Bank Ph iladelphia, Post marked "Washin City" GALLATIN, Albert, a Representative and Senator-elect from Pennsylvania; born in Geneva, Switzerland, January 29, 1761; was graduated from the University of Geneva in 1779; immigrated to the United States and settled in Boston, Mass., in 1780; served in the Revolutionary Army; instructor of French in Harvard University in 1782; moved to Virginia in 1785 and settled in Fayette County (now in Pennsylvania); his estate becoming a portion of Pennsylvania, he was made a member of the Pennsylvania constitutional convention in 1789; member, State house of representatives 1790-1792; elected to the United States Senate and took the oath of office on December 2, 1793, but a petition filed with the Senate on the same date alleged that Gallatin failed to satisfy the Constitutional citizenship requirement; on February 28, 1794, the Senate determined that Gallatin did not meet the citizenship requirement, and declared his election void; elected as a Republican to the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Congresses (March 4, 1795-March 3, 1801); was not a candidate
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