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LINLCON JR. (October 25, 1782 – May 29, 1868) was a lawyer
and politician from Worcester, MA, and the 13th Governor of
Massachusetts (1825-1834). He represented the state in the U.S. Congress
(1834-1841). Lincoln supported the War
of 1812, a minority position in Federalist-dominated Massachusetts and opposed
the Hartford Convention. Lincoln oversaw
significant economic development in Massachusetts and issued the first-ever
veto by a Massachusetts Governor.
Lincoln and Daniel Webster were leading forces in founding the National
Republican (later Whig) Party in Massachusetts, which dominated state politics
until the 1850s. While serving in
Congress, he was appointed by President William Henry Harrison as collector of
the Port of Boston. He was also helping to develop land in the city of
Worcester, where he served as its first mayor in 1848.
Offering four military appointments, 9 3/4 x 15 3/4 three for
captain, one for lieutenant, signed by Lincoln as Governor, in 1829 and 1830,
appointing JAMES F. ANDREWS of
Grafton, ASA SPOONER of Athol, CALVIN REEDE of Hawley, all to the
position of captain and JOEL RANDALL
of Cummington to lieutenant. Each is
beautifully signed by Lincoln and EDWARD
D. BANGS (August 24, 1790 – April 1, 1838), who served as the 6th
Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth from 1824 to 1836.
SPOONER was the son of Wing Spooner, who was a captain in the Revolutionary
War. Asa was a lone advocate of
temperance, which, when introduced, found only one other supporter in Athol. Reede appears to be from the prominent Massachusetts
Reede family. The Reede appointment notes that Calvin refused to take the oath and
refused the commission. The notation is signed by ABEL WILLIAMSON, Colonel, 5th Regiment on the front and
by THOMAS SHELDON, Major General 4th
Division on the verso.
Toning and some bleed through. All seals and signatures are intact.
Certificates previously vertically split, away from signatures, and reattached
with archival tape. The Reede certificate contains tape stains from previous
cello tape attachment, which has been removed.
Some chipping along the edges. For the most part, the certificates would
frame nicely.
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