Lot 3001
Ebenezer Hazard, Postmaster General, author, publisher, 11 autograph letters, all but one signed, includes three with outer address sheet (no postmarks.), one 1781 at Boston, balance written 1789 at New York with all but one as PMG, to Jeremy Belknap, Jedediah Morse and Dudley Woodbridge (postmaster of Norwich, Ct.), one folded letter to Morse is of particular interest: "You will hardly succeed in getting your letters franked- a member of Congress and a commercial man too, has given it as his opinion that Franks ought to be totally abolished," etc., another has a P.S. mentioning Col. Richard Henry Lee, and Chas. Thompson setting out for Mt. Vernon, while an Aug. 8th letter notes, "The President's wig occasioned much speculation." Normal wear except one with piece out of last three letters of Hazard otherwise condition Fine. Lot also includes a 1789 from Woodbridge to Hazard.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
Provenance: Hessel
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