Herbert Austin Hascall

 

 

CHARLES M. CONRAD.
Partly Printed DS: "C.M. Conrad" as Fillmore's Secretary of War, 1p, 93/4x73/4, blue paper. War Office, 1853 January 22. In full: "The President of the United States having been pleased to appoint Herbert A. Hascall a Cadet in the service of the United States, he is to be received as such, and entitled to all the consideration attached to said appointment. This appointment to take effect from the 30th day of June 1852." CHARLES MAGILL CONRAD, a Whig, represented Louisiana in the U.S. Senate (1842-1843) and the House (1848-1850). After serving as Fillmore's Secretary of War (1850-1853), he was one of the leaders of the secessionist movement in Louisiana in December 1860. Conrad, a member of the 1st and 2nd Confederate Congress (1862-1864), served as a Brigadier General in the Confederate Army before returning to New Orleans to resume his practice of law. Vertical fold touches "C" in Conrad. Lightly foxed and creased, chipped at lower right edge, folded lower right corner. Overall, fine condition.  $299.
 

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