Subject: Public officers

Envelope addressed to V. M. Conway, Surveyor General, in Tallahassee, Florida, dated October 7, 1843. The envelope is free franked as "D. Levy", before he changed his name. It is docketed with a note indicating complaints against Deputy Sam Reid. The letter discusses events in Washington, D.C. and Florida.

Free franked envelope signed by Henry Meyer Phillips (1884) as a member of the 35th Congress. Phillips, a renowned Philadelphia lawyer, was the first Philadelphia Jew elected to Congress. The envelope dates from 1857.