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THBThe NJ Governor Opposed The Emancipation Proclamation
Lot 252
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Raynor's Historical Collectible Auctions
1687 West Buck Hill Road
Burlington, NC 27215
United States
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Fascinating Americana Auction offering item in all periods of American history., from colonial through WWII. The items are offered as Autographs, Broadsides, Civil Wat Relics, Civil War Diaries, Confederate items. Political, Presidential, 20th Century Israel, Early Sports. Raynor's Historical Collectible Auctions bob@hcaauctions.com
Fascinating Americana Auction offering item in all periods of American history., from colonial through WWII. The items are offered as Autographs, Broadsides, Civil Wat Relics, Civil War Diaries, Confederate items. Political, Presidential, 20th Century Israel, Early Sports. Raynor's Historical Collectible Auctions bob@hcaauctions.com
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Document Signed, 17†x 13-1/2†ornate military commission signed by “Ch(arles) S. Olden as Governor of New Jersey, promoting John H. Meyer to the rank Captain, Company G, Eleventh Regiment of the New Jersey Volunteers. John H. Meyer enlisted on 8/9/1862 as a 1st Lieut. and was commissioned into "G" Co. New Jersey 11th Infantry. Capt 1/1/1863 (As of Co. G) He was discharged for promotion on 9/29/1863. On 9/29/1863, he was commissioned into Veteran Reserve Corps and was disch. disability on 11/12/1863. Meyer was wounded 5/3/1863 Chancellorsville, VA (Severe wound in left arm, amputated) Charles Smith Olden (1799-1876) was an American merchant, banker, and politician who served as the 19th governor of New Jersey from 1860 to 1863 during the first part of the American Civil War. In his inaugural address in 1860, Olden said that each state had "exclusive and independent control of its domestic policy" and that slavery was "exclusively and eminently a matter of domestic policy, to be ... controlled by each State for itself." In September 1862, Olden (along with the governors of border states Missouri, Kentucky, Delaware, and Maryland) declined to join a resolution of state governors expressing support of the Emancipation Proclamation.
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