Description: GREAT BRITAINPRE-STAMP POSTAL FRONT COVER** SIGNED BY **JAMES HALSECORNISH TIN MINE OWNER & LAWYERDate: 17th March 1828Size: 5" x 2.75"Sent From: LondonAddressed To: Miss Musgrove, Hitchin, HertfordshireA pre-stamp postal front signed in the bottom left corner by James Halse (1769-1838) who was an English lawyer and wealthy businessman in Cornwall. He was also a Tory (later Conservative) politician. Halse settled in St Ives around 1790, where in addition to his solicitors's practice, he became town clerk and an alderman. He made his fortune through tin mines, mostly from the Wheal Reeth mine, but also from the St. Ives Consols mine which he opened in 1818. Halse was also ‘one of the most enterprising and successful adventurers in mines’ of his day. He used the Consols mine to create a political base for himself, by building the village of Halsetown to accommodate the mine-workers. The village was within the boundaries of the parliamentary borough of St Ives, allowing Halse patronage of the borough's two seats in Parliament.At the 1820 general election, both seats were taken by Halse's supporters, but his rival the borough-monger Sir Christopher Hawkins pursued him with charges of bribery but Halse was acquitted, and at the 1826 election both Hawkins and Halse were elected.He was defeated at the 1830 election by William Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley, nephew of the Duke of Wellington, but regained the seat in 1831 and held it until his death. In 1835, he was blackballed by the recently created St. Ives Library and Institution. A 'Postal Front' is the address piece only which has been cut from a postal entire cover, and which was often signed by the sender in the early part of the 19th century.**************************************************************************All items are promptly posted out in secure board-backed envelopesand we always combine postage on multiple purchasesBIBLIO HISTORIA * AUTOGRAPHS * BOOKS & EPHEMERA * POSTAL COVERS * POSTCARDS * Visit our ebay shop to see our full range of rare and interesting itemsNew items are added most days!** THANK YOU FOR LOOKING ** ************************************************************************** Track Page Views With Auctiva's Counter
Price: 18.95 GBP
Location: Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
End Time: 2024-11-30T17:35:03.000Z
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Sub-Type: Cornwall Tin Mines
Type: Historical
Signed: Yes
Cornwall Local History: James Halse, Wheel Reeth Tin MIne / Consols Tin Mine
Object: Signed Postal Front
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
