1866 AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, NATHANIEL P. BANKS (1816–1894) - Union Major General, Speaker of the House, and Governor of Massachusetts

1866 AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, NATHANIEL P. BANKS (1816–1894) - Union Major General, Speaker of the House, and Governor of Massachusetts

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Autograph Letter Signed ("N. P. Banks, M.C."), one page, on a folded letter sheet (approx. 5 x 8 in.), Washington, D.C., February 19, 1866. Directed at the foot to "A. S. Goodman, Esq."

In full: "My Dear Sir — Governor Clifford resides at New Bedford Massachusetts where a letter will reach him. Very truly yours, N. P. Banks, M.C."

A crisp, entirely autograph note in the hand of one of the most prominent political generals of the Civil War. Banks rose from bobbin boy in a Waltham cotton mill to Speaker of the U.S. House (elected in 1856 after a record 133 ballots), Governor of Massachusetts (1858–1861), and major general of Volunteers, commanding the Department of the Gulf through the Port Hudson and Red River campaigns. He signs here as "M.C." — Member of Congress — which dates the letter precisely to his post-war service representing Massachusetts's Sixth District (1865–1873), the seat he resumed after mustering out of the Army in August 1865.

The "Governor Clifford" he names is John Henry Clifford (1809–1876), 21st Governor of Massachusetts (1853–1854) and the Commonwealth's long-serving Attorney General, who practiced law and lived at New Bedford his entire career — confirming Banks's direction as accurate. The content is brief and routine (a referral as to where Clifford could be reached by mail), but the piece carries a strong, fully handwritten signature with the desirable "M.C." designation.

Boldly penned in dark ink. Period collector's pencil notation ("Maj Gen" and an old dealer code) at upper left. Usual horizontal mailing folds and light creasing; integral blank leaf present and clean. Very good.    [ss][ph:L]

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