1880s SENATOR BARNEGAT NJ SENATE PRESIDENT DISTRICT COURT CRANMER LETTER SIGNED!

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GEORGE T. CRANMER
(1848 – 1939)
NEW JERSEY REPUBLICAN STATE SENATOR FROM BARNEGAT, OCEAN COUNTY, NJ 1884-1892,
PRESIDENT OF THE NJ STATE SENATE 1889-1892,
MEMBER OF THE NJ STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY FROM OCEAN COUNTY IN 1883,
CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY 1893-1938 – WHOSE LENGTH OF SERVICE ESTABLISHED HIM AS AN ‘INSTITUTION’ IN THE STATE CAPITOL AT TRENTON, NJ,
COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS FOR THE DISTRICT OF LITTLE EGG HARBOR, NJ APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT HAYES 1879-1880
&
NJ NATIONAL GUARD OFFICER OF THE 7
th
REGIMENT 1875-1900s.
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HERE’S A LETTER SIGNED BY CRANMER ON “
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
” LETTERHEAD, 1p., TRENTON, NJ, DEC. 8
th
1896
TO
JOHN STILLWELL APPLEGATE
(1837-1916)
INFLUENTIAL 1880s NJ STATE SENATOR, 1
st
RED BANK NJ MAYOR and LAWYER, CIVIL WAR RECRUITER and AUTHOR, GENEALOGIST, ETC.
THE LETTER CONCERNS A DELAY IN HEARING A CAUSE IN THE COURTS IN THE CASE OF “
CHARLES P. IRWIN vs. THE YACHT YANKEE GIRL”
CRANMER WRITES THAT
“M
R. PINTARD
*
…IS NOT READY…”
*
WILLIAM PINTARD
(1851 – 1913)
NEW JERSEY STATE DEMOCRATIC ASSEMBLYMAN REPRESENTING MONMOUTH COUNTY, NJ 1886,
COLONEL OF THE NEW JERSEY STATE MILITIA APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR BEDLE,
and
POSTMASTER and TOWN COUNSEL AT RED BANK, NJ
EMINENT MEMBER OF THE NEW JERSEY and MONMOUTH COUNTY BAR 1878-1913
&
1
st
PRESIDENT and CO-FOUNDER OF THE MONMOUTH BOAT CLUB
THE LETTER COMES WITH ITS ORIGINAL FREE OFFICIAL BUSINESS TRANSMITTAL ENVELOPE COVER, WITH TRENTON CDS POSTMARK and NJ DISTRICT COURT CORNER CARD.
NOTE:
This letter came out of the John S. Applegate Red Bank, NJ Estate.
John Applegate was a prominent State Senator and notable 19th century lawyer who did much legal work in connection with the Railroads and telegraph Companies.
He worked with Civil War General T. T. Eckert in railroad/telegraph company litigation.
He also wrote a rare book about his friend Colonel Arrowsmith who was killed in action at Gettysburg in 1893 Titled:
“
REMINISCENCES AND LETTERS OF GEORGE ARROWSMITH OF NEW JERSEY, LATE LIEUTENANT-COLONEL OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT, NEW YORK STATE VOLUNTEERS”
The letter measures 8” x 10¼” and is in VF condition.
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Sources:
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"This Honorable Court": The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1789-2000”
By Mark Edward Lender, 2006
·
Legislative Manual, State of New Jersey, 1891
·
THE NEW YORK TIMES.
JULY 11, 1939
George T. Cranmer
Birth
6 Dec 1848, New Jersey, USA
Death
10 Jul 1939 (aged 90,  Ocean County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Barnegat Memorial Cemetery
, Barnegat, Ocean County, New Jersey, USA
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