JUSTICE PEACE LAWYER ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS MONMOUTH NJ HARVEY LETTERS SIGNED 1897 !

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Here’s a Pair of 1897 Autograph Letters Signed by Prominent Atlantic Highlands, Monmouth County, New Jersey Attorney
CHARLES HARVEY
The New Jersey Coast in Three Centuries: History of the New Jersey ..., Volume 3
edited by William Nelson, 1902
(1856 - 1936)
LEADING 19
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CENTURY ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS ATTORNEY and JUSTICE OF THE PEACE 1889-1925.
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HERE’S A PAIR OF AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED BY HARVEY, EACH
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. DATED AT ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, NJ, IN 1897, CONCERNING A LEGAL SETTLEMENT.
THE LETTERS ARE WRITTEN TO
JOHN STILLWELL APPLEGATE
(1837-1916)
INFLUENTIAL 1880s NJ STATE SENATOR,
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MAYOR OF RED BANK, NJ, LAWYER, CIVIL WAR TROOP RECRUITER, AUTHOR, and SOLICITOR OF THE NY&LB RR.
PROVENANCE:
These letters came out of the John S. Applegate Red Bank, NJ Estate.
John Applegate was a prominent State Senator and notable 19th century lawyer who did much legal work in connection with the Railroads and telegraph Companies.
He worked with Civil War notables including General T. T. Eckert in railroad/telegraph company litigation.
He also wrote a rare book about his friend Colonel Arrowsmith who was killed in action at Gettysburg in 1893.
The book Applegate wrote is titled:
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REMINISCENCES AND LETTERS OF GEORGE ARROWSMITH OF NEW JERSEY, LATE LIEUTENANT-COLONEL OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT, NEW YORK STATE VOLUNTEERS
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The documents are in VF condition, and include their original transmittal envelope cover with his law firm corner card.
One cover bears an Atlantic Highlands NJ CDS postmark, and cork-killer cancellation tying a 2 cent US postage stamp.
NOTE: The document comes with the biographical sheets pictured in the listing photos.
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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES:
CHARLES HARVEY
Birth
Jul 1856, Rumson, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
Death
Apr 5, 1936 (aged 79)
, Neptune City, Monmouth County, New Jersey
Burial
Evergreen Cemetery
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Little Silver, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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