Item #44237 [ALS] Appraiser of Merchandise at Baltimore Recommends President Grant Nominate Edward Bradford for United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Delaware, Adam E. King.

[ALS] Appraiser of Merchandise at Baltimore Recommends President Grant Nominate Edward Bradford for United States District Court for the District of Delaware.

Baltimore: 1871. [2] pp. Bifolium. 8 x 10 inches. Very good, folded, marginal finger soiling, leaves inlaid to reinforce borders. Item #44237

A letter of recommendation from Adam E. King, Baltimore customs official, to President Ulysses S. Grant recommending Edward Bradford for the U.S. District Court for Delaware:

"Mr. B's labor in the cause of education, and his untiring advocacy of the Constitutional Amendments, as well as his earnest support of your Excellency, are so well known that they need not be mentioned here." Dated and signed December 5, 1871, just a short week before Grant did in fact nominate Bradford.

Adam Eckfeldt King (1837-1910) served with five different Union Generals, including Winfield Scott Hancock. He was promoted to Major in 1864 and Lieutenant Colonel in 1865, and was brevetted Brigadier General for "gallantry during the campaign of 1864 and distinguished good conduct throughout the war." Grant appointed him local appraiser for the Port of Baltimore in April 1869.

Edward Green Bradford (1819-1884) had a long legal and political career before serving as United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, a post that he held until 1866. He served in the District Court until his death in 1884.

Price: $50.00

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