WAR 1812 COLONEL 93rd PA CONGRESSMAN SENATOR NAVY SURGEON PAYNTER LETTER SIGNED!

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Here’s an Uncommon Autograph Letter Signed by the Hon.
COL. LEMUEL PAYNTER
(1788 - 1863)
WAR OF 1812 LIEUTENANT COLONEL OF THE 93
rd
REGIMENT, PENNSYLVANIA MILITIA,
US DEMOCRATIC PARTY CONGRESSMAN FROM PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 1837-1841,
ELECTED PA STATE SENATOR IN 1833,
PRESIDENT and MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTHWARK DISTRICT,
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL DIRECTOR
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MEMBER OF THE GUARDIANS OF THE POOR.
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HERE's AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY PAYNTER WHILE A MEMBER OF THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
1
p., DATED AT WASHINGTON D. C., APRIL 16
th
1840, RECOMMENDING DR. JOHN HASTINGS
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, M.D., OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, AS A SURGEON IN THE US NAVY, and REQUESTING THAT HE BE PLACED ON THE LIST FOR A MEDICAL EXAMINATION BY THE NAVY BOARD.
THE LETTER ALSO BEARS AN INITIALED AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED (ON THE VERSO) BY, and IS ADDRESSED
TO
JAMES K. PAULDING
(1778 - 1860)
11th
UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF THE NAVY 1838-1848, APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT VAN BUREN,
ARDENT and OUTSPOKEN DEFENDER OF THE INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY and ADVOCATE FOR SOUTHERN SECESSION FROM THE FEDERAL UNION,
SATIRICAL and VIOLENTLY ANTI-BRITISH AUTHOR, NOVELIST and EPIC POET
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FRIEND and COLLABORATOR WITH SLEEPY HOLLOW LEGEND WASHINGTON IRVING.
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DR. JOHN HASTINGS (1805-1875) FLORIDA SEMINOLE INDIAN WAR, MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR SURGEON AND AUTHOR OF A SURGERY TEXTBOOK IN 1850.
The document measures 8" x 10" and is in very fine condition, with a small paper chip out of the top left margin that affects nothing.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE HONORABLE
LEMUEL PAYNTER
Lemuel Paynter
(1788 – August 1, 1863) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Lemuel Paynter was born in Lewes, Delaware. He moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and served in the
War of 1812
and became major and lieutenant colonel of the Ninety-third Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia. He served as a member of the board of commissioners of the Southwark district for many years and also served as a president of the board. He was a member of the guardians of the poor and also a school director. He was elected a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate in 1833.
Congress
Paynter was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1840. He again served as a member of the board of commissioners of the Southwark district.
Death
He died in Philadelphia in 1863. Interment in Union Sixth Street Cemetery which was closed in 1971 and his remains moved to Philadelphia Memorial Park in Frazer, Pennsylvania.
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