Raynor HCA 2013-07
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COBB Thomas Howell (1815 -1868) was an American political figure. A Southern Democrat, Cobb was a five-term member of the United States House of Representatives and Speaker of the House from 1849 to 1851. He also served as a Secretary of Treasury under President James Buchanan (1857–1860) and the 40th Governor of Georgia (1851–1853). He is, however, probably best known as one of the founders of the Confederate States of America, having served as the President of the Provisional Confederate Congress, when delegates of the secessionist states issued creation of the Confederacy. Letter Signed as Secretary of the U. S. Treasury, 5pp, quarto, Washington, D. C., December 21, 1859, to Adam Glossbrenner, House Sergeant at Arms, Washington, addressing Congressional applications for travel reimbursement. Cobb would soon resign his federal office, returning to his native Georgia during the secession crisis. The Confederate Congress would eventually give him a major-general's commission. Very fine condition.
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