CIVIL WAR LT 38th PA INFANTRY CONGRESSMAN LETTER SIGNED ALLENTOWN BASEBALL PIONE

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WILLIAM MUTCHLER
(1831 - 1893)
US DEMOCRATIC PARTY CONGRESSMAN FROM EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA 1875-1877, 1881-1885 and 1889-1893,
CIVIL WAR 1
st
LIEUTENANT and ADJUTANT IN THE FIELD and STAFF OF THE 38
th
PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY of VOLUNTEERS IN 1863 – THE “
PENNSYLVANIA EMERGENCY TROOPS OF 1863
” RECRUITED TO PROTECT THE BORDER STATE FROM IMPENDING CONFEDERATE INVASION – JUST IN TIME FOR THE INFAMOUS BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG,
PROTHONOTARY OF NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, PA 1861-1867,
SHERIFF OF NORTHAMPTON COUNTY 1854-1860,
APPOINTED ASSESSOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE BY PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON 1867-1869,
CHAIRMAN OF THE DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE OF PENNSYLVANIA 1869-1870
&
DELEGATE TO
ALL
THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTIONS FROM 1876 UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1893!
HERE'S A RARE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY MUTCHLER ON ATTRACTIVE “
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES U.S
.” LETTERHEAD, 1p., DATED AT WASHINGTON, D. C., MARCH 19,
1882
TO
RICHARD CARLOS ETTINGER
(1850 - 1896)
EARLY BASEBALL PIONEER PLAYER – MEMBER OF THE “STARS” BASEBALL CLUB OF ALLENTOWN, PA
&
PROMINENT ALLENTOWN BUSINESSMAN, and POSTAL LETTER CARRIER/OFFICIAL.
THE LETTER WAS SENT BY MUTCHLER TO ETTINGER AT ALLENTOWN, PA, ANSWERING ETTINGER’S QUESTION RE THE EMPLOYMENT OF US POST OFFICE LETTER CARRIERS.
IN FULL:
“Dear Dir – In reply to yours of the 16
th
inst., I will say that Letter Carriers are always appointed upon the recommendation of the Postmaster of the City where they are employed.
Yours~ Wm. Mutchler.”
The document comes with its original transmittal envelope cover with “House of Representatives” corner card, measures 5” x 8” and is in very fine, clean condition.
The cover bears a bold Washington D.C. CDS Postmark.
The stamp has long since fallen off the cover.
NOTE:
ETTINGER WAS SUCCESSFUL IN GAINING APPOINTMENT AS A US POST OFFICE LETTER CARRIER – SEE HIS BIO BELOW.
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BIOGRAPHY OF THE HONORABLE
WILLIAM MUTCHLER
William Mutchler
(December 21, 1831 – June 23, 1893) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
William Mutchler (father of Howard Mutchler) was born in Palmer Township, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and Vandeveer’s Academy in Easton, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice at Easton. He served as sheriff of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, from 1854 to 1860, and as prothonotary of Northampton County from 1861 to 1867. He was adjutant of the Thirty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers in 1863. He was appointed assessor of internal revenue in March 1867 and served until May 1869. He was chairman of the Democratic State committee of Pennsylvania in 1869 and 1870, and a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions from 1876 until his death.
Mutchler was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress, where he served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1876. He was again elected to the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1884. He was again elected to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Congresses, and served until his death in Easton. Interment in Easton Cemetery.
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Pennsylvania
Emergency Troops of 1863.
Early in the summer of 1863, rumors were constantly afloat
concerning a threatened invasion of border states by the
Confederates and in June two new departments were established
by the war department -- the Department of the' Monongahela and
the Department of the Susquehanna -- in order that the state
might be protected from any such movement of the enemy.
Volunteers were called for by Gov. Curtin to serve "During: the
pleasure of the president or the continuance of the war."
Slow to believe that their homes were really endangered, the
greatly reduced number of men available for military service
hesitated to respond.
On June 12, the governor published the
notice that the troops requested would be mustered into the
service of the United States for six months, or during the
existing emergency, as they should themselves elect.
In a short time eight regiments were mustered in for the
"emergency" and became the 20th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 28th, 30th,
31st and 33rd emergency regiments.
Other companies and
organizations volunteered their services and need for them was
soon found.
The Confederates had occupied Chambersburg and Gettysburg and
when it was discovered that the main body of their forces had
actually crossed the Potomac, another proclamation was issued
by Gov. Curtin on June 26, calling for 60,000 men at once to be
mustered into the state service for a term of 90 days and to be
discharged as soon as the danger was over.
To this urgent message twenty-eight regiments responded and
were organized in the two departments previously mentioned, at
Huntingdon, Reading, Philadelphia and Harrisburg.
A force
under Gen. Knipe approached Chambersburg, but found it in the
hands of the enemy and was obliged to retire gradually before
the advance of Johnson's division of Ewell's corps.
The Confederates reached Oyster Point, but were withdrawn to
Gettysburg on account of the advance of the Army of the Potomac
and within a few days was fought the battle of Gettysburg.
A portion of the militia joined the Army of the Potomac in
Maryland after the battle, but were soon afterward returned to
Harrisburg.
The emergency regiments were mustered out soon after the battle
of Gettysburg, the regiments of militia a little later, various
duties within the state requiring their services for a short
time.
Some were employed at Gettysburg, some at Philadelphia in
preserving order, and at other points they rendered valuable
service.
Source:
The Union Army, vol. 1, p. 498
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BIOGRAPHY/OBIT OF
RICHARD C. ETTINGER
Richard Carlos Ettinger
Birth
30 Jul 1850
Death
26 Sep 1896 (aged 46),
Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Burial
Union-West End Cemetery
,
Allentown, Lehigh County, PA
Plot
UN0654.05
Richard C. Ettinger
, whose serious illness was chronicled in the city papers last week, died on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at his home, No 41 South Sixth Street. His illness extended over a period of several years. During the last eight weeks he was confined to bed. Jaundice and other disorders, caused his death. Deceased was born in this city, forty-six years ago. He was a son of the late Amos Ettinger, who was one of Allentown's well-known business men. Richard attended the Allentown Academy and worked in his father's stove and tinware store during his boyhood days.
During Robert Iredell's administration as postmaster, Mr. Ettinger secured a clerkship in the post office.
When the free delivery system was adopted, 1882. Mr. Ettinger was appointed one of the letter carriers, which position he held until the close of Mr. Iredell's term.
He was the senior member of the firm of R. C. Ettinger & Co., In the stove and tinware business and later, the name of the firm was Ettinger & Mohr, located at No 732 Hamilton Street. Later, he was connected at different times with the stores of Hersh & Bros. And Mager, Miller & Co., and for several years after he again conducted a store and tinware business on North Sixth Street. His illness compelled him to relinguish that about two years ago. Deceased is survived by his wife (nee Holben). He leaves his mother and two brothers, Professor Alfred H. Ettinger and Professor George T. Ettinger, Pa. of Muhlenberg College. He was a member of the Knights of the Golden Eagle, Order of Heptasophs and Knights of Malta in which organization he was a past grand generalisalmo, the highest office of the order in the state. He was also a member of the college of Ancients, the highest branch of the order. He was also a member of the Good Will Fire Company was at one time president of the company. The house has been draped with mourning. The funeral will be held on Wednesday, afternoon at 2 o'clock with services at his late home, Rev. D. S. A. Repass, pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church will officiate. The deceased was possessed a most genial disposition. He was very popular and widely known. There are few who have the ability to make and hold friends as he had. In politics, he was a staunch Republican and served as a school director in the Third Ward and as a committeeman at various times.
Death Notice
Ettinger, In this city, September 26, 1896, Richard C. Ettinger, aged 46 years, 1 month and 26 days. Funeral services at his late residence, 41 South Sixth Street, on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, to which the relatives and friends, Allentown Castle, No 55, K. G. E., St. Allen Commandery, No 16_, Knights of Malta, and the Good Will Fire Company, No 3, are all respectfully invited without further notice. Burial in Union Cemetery.
(September 28, 1896 Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.)
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