CIVIL WAR ERA IRON CONGRESSMAN BLACK BROOK NEW YORK POSTMASTER AUTOGRAPH SIGNED for Sale

CIVIL WAR ERA IRON CONGRESSMAN BLACK BROOK NEW YORK POSTMASTER AUTOGRAPH SIGNED For Sale

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CIVIL WAR ERA IRON CONGRESSMAN BLACK BROOK NEW YORK POSTMASTER AUTOGRAPH SIGNED:
$9.99

JOHN ROGERS

(1813 – 1879)

US CIVIL WAR RECONSTRUCTION ERA DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN FROMBLACK BROOK, NEW YORK 1871-1873,

CIVIL WAR ERA TOWN SUPERVISOR OF BLACK BROOK, NY 1839-1866

BLACK BROOK, NY POSTMASTER

IRON MANUFACTURER IN THE FIRM OF J & J ROGERS IRONCOMPANY,

Here\'s Roger’s Signature While a Member of Congress RemovedFrom a 19th Century Free Frank Cover, Mounted and Signed:

“J. Rogers

M.C.”

The document measures 2½” x 1½” and is in VERY FINECONDITION.

A FINE ADDITION TO YOUR NEW YORK POLITICALHISTORY AUTOGRAPH, MANUSCRIPT & EPHEMERA COLLECTION!!

Biographical Sketch ofthe Honorable

John Rogers

John Rogers (May 9, 1813 – May 11,1879) was a Representative from New York.

Biography

Rogers was born as John Weed in Caldwell, New York (now Lake George)on May 9, 1813. He completed preparatory studies, then moved to Black Brookin 1832. Rogers engaged in the manufacture of iron as a partner of his brotherJames in a firm they named the J & J Rogers Iron Company. In addition tothe iron works, the Rogers enterprises in and around Black Brook included asawmill and a general store. In 1844 John Weed had his name legally changed toJohn Rogers.

Rogers was Town Supervisorof Black Brook for ten years between 1839 and 1866 and held other localoffices, including Postmaster. He waselected as a Democrat to the Forty-secondCongress (March 4, 1871 - March 3, 1873). He did not run forreelection in 1872, and resumed his business activities.

He died at \"Rogers Place,\" his estate near Fort Edwardand Moreau,on May 11, 1879. He was interred in the family burial ground on his estate.

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