Lot 176
Hunter, Robert M.T. - CSA Secretary of State and Senator, Autograph Letter Signed (1809-87) Before the Civil War, he served as U.S. Representative, and U.S. Senator (1847-1861). After the war, he served as Treasurer of Virginia and customs collector. Autograph letter signed "R.M.T. Hunter," one page, 5 x 8", no place, no date. To the Hon. Robt. J. Walker, who served as U.S. Senate from Mississippi (1835-1845), as Secretary of the Treasury (1845-1849) under President James K. Polk, and as Territorial Governor of Kansas in 1857, enclosing a letter (not present). In part: "I enclose you a letter from the Virginia subsection or most of them." He mentions two gentlemen who had already left the city when the letter was written but who had expressed their wishes toward the application, the outline of which Hunter had communicted to them." Estimate Value $200 - 250
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