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RARE "Treasury Secretary" Oliver Spalding Hand Written Letter COA:
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Up for sale a RARE! "Treasury Secretary" Oliver Spalding Hand Written Letter. 

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Oliver

Lyman Spaulding (August

2, 1833 – July 30, 1922) was a soldier and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Spaulding was born in Jaffrey, New Hampshire on

August 2, 1833. He completed preparatory studies, graduated from Oberlin College of Ohio in

1855, and moved to Michigan where he taught school. He studied law, was

admitted to the bar in 1858 and commenced practice in St. Johns, Michigan. He

was regent of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor from 1858 to 1864. During

the Civil War, Spaulding

served in the Union Army as a captain in the 23rd

Michigan Infantry Regiment. He eventually was promoted to Colonel and later

was brevetted Brigadier General.

Afterwards he resumed the practice of law in St. Johns. Spaulding

served as Michigan Secretary of

State from 1866 to 1870. Afterwards, he became a member of the Republican

State committee from 1871 to 1878. He declined the position of

United States district judge of the Utah Territory in 1871 and later served as special agent

of the United States Treasury

Department from 1875 to 1881. Spaulding

was elected as congressional district to the 46th Congress serving

from March 4, 1881 to March 3, 1883. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection

in 1882. He also served as chairman of the commission sent to the Sandwich Islands to investigate alleged violations in 1883.[ Oliver Spaulding again served as a special

agent of the United States Treasury in 1885, 1889, and 1890 and then as

Assistant U.S. Secretary of the

Treasury from 1890 to 1893 during the Benjamin Harrison administration and 1897 to 1903 during

the McKinley administration. He was also president of the first

International American Customs Congress, held in New York City in January 1903 and again a special agent

of the United States Treasury from 1903 to 1909 and then customs agent from

1909 to 1916. He married Mary Cecilia Swegles on August 12, 1862. Their son, Oliver Lyman Spaulding, served as a brigadier general

during World War I. Oliver

L. Spaulding died in Washington, D.C., and is interred in Arlington National

Cemetery.

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