Edmund C Weeks, controversial 3rd Lt Gov Florida 1870, 2x signed Telegraph 1848

Description

Edmund C. Weeks twice signed
original telegraph on
New York, Albany and Buffalo Telegraph Co. part
printed form
from NYC to banker W.W. Van Zandt in Albany dated Jan. 19th, 1848.
Message
written entirely and signed by Weeks
reads, "Send balance scrip, also remainder notes Saugerties Bank. Yours E.C. Weeks" Back of telegraph has
"E.C. weeks Jan. 19, 1848" also written by Weeks.
AUTHENTICATING THE SIGNATURES
I emailed the Florida State Archives and the staff very kindly and very quickly e-mailed two examples of Weeks' signatures that were in their archives. The examples prove that this is written in the hand of Edmund C. Weeks. I thank the staff for their exceptional customer service to a complete stranger who lives in another state. I will forward this e-mail to the purchaser upon request.
WEEKS' BIOGRAPHY
per his wikipedia page:
Edmund Cottle Weeks, born March 10, 1829 to Captain Hiram Weeks  and Margaret D. Cottle in Tisbury Mass.,
After accompanying his father
on a voyage to South America, Weeks studied medicine for three years at the College of Physicians and Surgeons. (IT WAS DURING THIS TIME THAT HE SENT THIS TELEGRAPH). However, his love for the sea compelled him to become a sailor. During the Civil War, he volunteered for the Union Navy in the Battle of New Orleans. He then headed the Union Army's 2nd Florida Cavalry with the rank of major and settled in Tallahassee after the war.
LT GOV
To fill the vacancy after the dismissal of William H. Gleason.
Weeks was appointed to the office of Lt. Gov. of Florida by Gov. Harrison Reed on January 24, 1870 and he took the oath of office the same day. His appointment was controversial because some believed that Gov. Reed could not make an appointment to an elected position. On Week's first day presiding over the Senate, a majority of the Senators walked out on the session. Governor Reed called for an election of a new Lt. Gov and the results were certified on December 27, 1870, ending Weeks' 11 month tenure as Florida's Third Lt. Governor.
AFTER
Weeks held other government positions in Florida. He died in Tallahassee on April 12, 1907 at the age of 78.
For a detailed 15 page article about Weeks,
"DEFEATED IN WAR AND PEACE”: THE POLITICAL AND MILITARY CAREER OF MAJOR EDMUND C. WEEKS By R. Thomas Dye, visit https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1287&context=sunlandtribune
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