CIVIL WAR ADJUTANT GENERAL 1st NH ARTILLERY GOVERNOR NATT HEAD LETTER SIGNED '65

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Here’s a Civil War Date Autograph Letter Signed by New Hampshire Statesman and Patriot
NATHANIEL HEAD
(1828 – 1883)
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 1879-1881,
REPUBLICAN
MEMBER OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
,
CIVIL WAR
ADJUTANT GENERAL
OF THE
NEW HAMPSHIRE MILITIA
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PROMINENT
AMERICAN
CAPITALIST, INDUSTRIALIST, RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION EXECUTIVE, BANKER and FINANCIER
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HERE’S A RARE CIVIL WAR DATE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY NATT HEAD ON ATTRACTIVE
“
GENERAL HEAD QUARTERS STATE of NEW HAMPSHIRE, ADJUTANT GENERAL’S OFFICE
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LETTERHEAD,
1p.
, DATED MARCH 11, 1862 TO CIVIL WAR COLONEL CHARLES H. LOREY, COMMANDING 1
st
REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER HEAVY ARTILLERY AT FORT RENO D. C., TRANSMITTING A COMMISSION AS 2
nd
LT. OF Co. “D” 1
st
REGT. HEAVY ARTY FOR JOSEPH H. FLAGG AS OF FEB. 20, 1865.
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The document measures 10” x 8” and is in VERY FINE, CLEAN CONDITION.
A BEAUTIFUL ADDITION TO YOUR CIVIL WAR ERA / NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORY AUTOGRAPH, MANUSCRIPT & EPHEMERA COLLECTION!
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH of the HONORABLE NATT HEAD
Nathaniel Head
(May 20, 1828 – November 12, 1883), also known as
Natt Head
, was an
American
construction material supplier and
Republican
politician from
Hooksett, New Hampshire
. Head served as a member of the
House of Representatives
,
Adjutant General
of the
New Hampshire Militia
,
State Senator
, and
Governor
.
Biography
Nathaniel Head was born in
Hooksett, New Hampshire
on May 20, 1828. His was educated at Pembroke Academy, and became active in his family's farming, brick making and lumber businesses. Head later established a successful railroad construction company, and became active in banking and insurance.
A
Republican
, Head served in the
New Hampshire House of Representatives
in 1861 and 1862. Having been active in the militia as a musician and chief of the governor's staff during the
Civil War
, he was appointed Adjutant General in 1864 and served until 1870. Head won a seat in the
New Hampshire State Senate
in 1874, but was disqualified because of a ballot technicality. He won State Senate races in 1876 and 1877, and was the Senate's President pro tempore in his second term.
In 1879 Head won election as Governor, taking office for New Hampshire's first two-year term. During his governorship construction on the state prison begun under his predecessors was completed and the facility became operational. The state also enacted child labor laws and passed railroad safety measures, including one requiring a telegraph in all railroad stations to facilitate emergency communications.
After leaving office Head returned to his business interests. He died in Hooksett on November 12, 1883 and was buried at Head Cemetery in Hooksett.
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