Description: Folded letter with a red New Bedford CDS to TauntonLetter written by Grinnell about Railroad businessJust light wearJoseph GrinnellRepresentative from Massachusetts; born in New Bedford, Mass., November 17, 1788; completed preparatory studies; moved to New York City in 1809; engaged in mercantile pursuits; traveled in Europe, and returned to New Bedford; president of the First National Bank of New Bedford in 1832; president of the New Bedford & Taunton Railroad in 1839; member of the Governor's council 1839-1841; in 1840 he became a director of the Boston & Providence Railroad, the following year its president, resigning that position in 1846, but remaining a director until 1863; president of the Wamsutta Cotton Mills in 1847; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Barker Burnell; reelected to the Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth, and Thirty-first Congresses and served from December 7, 1843, to March 3, 1851; declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1850; resumed his former business activities; died in New Bedford, Mass., February 7, 1885 ** Click on the blue door next to the "me" and it will take you to our store where covers are broken down by category ** GUARANTEED TO BE OLD & ORIGINAL & GENUINE USA shipping is $2.00 and we will combine Foreign Shipping is $3.00 and we will combine
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Location: Rindge, New Hampshire
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Place of Origin: United States
State: Massachusetts
Topic: Historical Figures
Quality: Postal History
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