Title

Letter, Henry A. Wise to P.R. Fendall, March 31, 1840,

Authors

Henry A. Wise

Files

Contributor

Frank and Virginia Williams

Description

This handwritten note, dated March 31, 1840, was written from Henry A. Wise to P.R. Fendall, Esq. to inform Fendall that the enclosed letters were "for the purpose of franking to the persons named in them." The term "franking referred to franking privileges—the ability to send mail by one's signature rather than by postage. This note was found tipped into volume two of Abraham Lincoln : A History by John G. Nicolay and John Hay.

Publication Date

3-31-1840

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Publisher

New York : The Century Co

Time Period

1840-1849

Subjects

Franking privilege--United States

Object Type

text

Format (original)

correspondence: 1 leaf

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

FVW_NH_V2_1840-03-31_Letter_001

Source

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2, page 262-263

Repository

The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana Repository

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Recommended Citation

E457 .N653 2011 V.2, pages 304-305, Original Documents and Original photographs in Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln , Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries