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Lot #305
Daniel Webster Signed Free Frank to Jared Sparks

Estimate: $200+

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Description

Hand-addressed and free-franked mailing panel, 5 x 3, addressed by Webster to "Jared Sparks, Esq., Cambridge, Mass.," and franked in the upper right, "Dan'l Webster." Mounted, matted, and framed with an engraved portrait to an overall size of 11 x 17. In very good to fine condition, with light creasing and two vertical folds.

Jared Sparks (1789–1866) was a prominent American historian, educator, and minister who served as president of Harvard College from 1849 to 1853.

From the collection of Mark S. Robbins.

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