United States Congressman from New York

(1807-66) Born in Fletcher, Vermont, he attended St. Albans Academy where he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1830, and practiced in Brockport, New York. He ws engaged in agricultural, transportation and ran canal packets between Rochester and Buffalo, N.Y. He later became a promoter and a director of the Rochester and Niagra Falls Railroad. Served as a Whig U.S. Congressman from New York, 1845-49. He died at Brockport on July 31, 1866, and is buried in the City Cemetery.

Signature with Place: 6 1/4 x 2, in ink, E.B. Holmes, Brockport, N.Y. Very fine.