CONGRESSMAN CATAWISSA PA CONGRESSIONAL FREE FRANK LETTER COVER SIGNED LEIB c1846

Description

DR. OWEN D. LEIB
US Capitol in 1846 when Leib served in Congress.
(1803 - 1848)
U. S. DEMOCRATIC PARTY CONGRESSMAN FROM
CATAWISSA
PENNSYLVANIA 1845-1847
&
MEDICAL DOCTOR!
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HERE’S A CONGRESSIONAL FREE FRANK COVER ADDRESSED and SIGNED IN LEIB’S HAND,
“
Free Owen D. Leib, MC”
THE COVER IS ADDRESSED TO:
“
James Morse, Esqr, Murray St. House, New York [City]”
The document measures 5¼” x 3¼” and is in very fine condition, complete with backflap.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE HONORABLE
OWEN D. LEIB
Owen D. Leib
(c. 1803 - June 17, 1848) was a
Democratic
member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from
Pennsylvania
.
Leib was born in Pennsylvania. He studied medicine and commenced practice in
Catawissa, Pennsylvania
.
Leib was elected as a Democrat to the
Twenty-ninth
Congress. He served as Chairman of the
United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War
. He died in Catawissa in 1848.
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