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COBB, HOWELL

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506. HOWELL COBB (1815 - 1868) American politician, congressman, and Secretary of the Treasury (1857-60). He resigned from the Treasury in December of 1860 citing that his home state of Georgia (then about to secede from the Union) was in need of his services. Although the Confederate Congress appointed him brigadier-general, and he was subsequently promoted to major-general, he took little part in military action. D.S. as Secretary of the Treasury, 1p. 4to., Washington, Apr. 3, 1858 to Attorney General Jeremiah Black transmitting title papers relating to the lighthouse at Crown Point, New York. Fine, matted with an engraving and set into a gilt wood frame.$100-150

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