[Manuscript Petition Signed by Seven Pennsylvania Congressmen, Attempting to Secure an Appointment for a Texas Unionist]

[N.p., 1867. Very good.. [1]p. on a quarto sheet of lined paper. Mailing folds, minor wear. Here, Charles Denison (1818-1867), a U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania, heads a petition to obtain an appointment for a Texas Unionist named Amos Smith. The manuscript document is undated, but had to have been written before Denison's death on June 27, 1867. The document reads, in full: "Amos Y. Smith was driven from the state of Texas because he would not join the Rebellion against the United States and by reason of his escape from there, he lost his property. He is an honest and competent man for the office of Assessor of Internal Revenue and we ask for him (truncated) an appointment at the Galveston District, believing that his appointment is just & by his due for his devotion to the Govt."

The document is also signed by six additional Pennsylvania Congressmen A.J. Glossbrenner (1810-1889), who served between 1865 and 1869, and previously as President Buchanan's private secretary, 1860-1861; S.E. Ancona (1824-1913), who served 1861-1867; B.M. Boyer (1823-1887), who served 1865-1869; S.J. Randall (1828-1890), who served 1863-1890, including as House Speaker from 1876 to 1881; Myer Strouse (1825-1878), served 1863-1867); and Philip Johnson (1818-1867) who served Pennsylvania 1861 to 1867. (Inventory #: 5841)