1840 ALDERMAN 7th WARD NY CITY MAYOR JOSIAH RICH NAVY WAR SURGEON LETTER SIGNED

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Here’s an
1840
Autograph Letter Signed by New York City Politician
JOSIAH RICH
(1809 – 1886)
ELECTED ALDERMAN OF THE
7
th
WARD, NEW YORK CITY IN THE 1840’s,
PRESIDENT OF THE NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION
~&~
DECLINED A NOMINATION TO RUN FOR MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY
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Rich is buried in Brooklyn’s historic Green-Wood Cemetery.
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HERE's AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY RICH AS ALDERMAN OF THE 7
th
WARD, N.Y.C.,
1p
., DATELINED AT NEW YORK, JUNE 9
th
1840, RECOMMENDING DR. WILLIAM SHARROCK
*
AS AN ASSISTANT
SURGEON IN THE NAVY
*
Note that Dr. William Sharrock lived and practiced medicine in poverty in St. Louis, Missouri, circa 1886.
THE LETTER IS WRITTEN
TO
JAMES KIRKE PAULDING
(1778 - 1860)
11
th
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
-&-
FRIEND and COLLABORATOR WITH SLEEPY HOLLOW LEGEND WASHINGTON IRVING.
The document measures 8” x 10” and is in very fine condition for its advanced age (note partial vertical fold breaks).
A Fine Relic of Early New York City Political History.
Josiah Rich Sr.
Birth
1809
Death
Jan 1886
Burial
Green-Wood Cemetery
,
Brooklyn
,
Kings County
,
New York
,
USA
Plot
Lot 7082, Section 51
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