BANKS NATHANIEL P Autograph Letter Signed NP Banks to an unn

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BANKS, NATHANIEL P. Autograph Letter Signed, "N.P. Banks," to an unnamed recipient ("My dear Sir"), in full: "I am sorry to say that I cannot meet your friends today, it would afford me infinite pleasure to do so. The com. [committee?] shall be alluded to--." 1 page, small 8vo, with integral blank; docketed on terminal page, minor soiling. Np, 19 February [from docket: 1858]

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Banks (1816-1894) was a Massachusetts "Know-Nothing" elected as speaker of the House in 1856, and in 1858, he served as governor of Massachusetts. After being commissioned in 1861 and serving as a Union soldier, Banks returned to Congress in 1865.