Lot 51
Anna Harrison, 1775-1864, wife of President William Henry Harrison and grandmother of President Benjamin Harrison. Manuscript "Free Anna Harrison" free frank signature as widow on blue folded cover to Long Island N.Y., neat manuscript "Cleves O. Oct. 1" postmark, note on back indicates 1848 usage, a Very Fine and scarce widow's frank.Estimate $600 - 800.
Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison was nominally First Lady of the United States during her husband's one-month term in 1841, but she never entered the White House. At the age of 65 years old during her husband's presidential term, she is the oldest woman ever to become First Lady, as well as having the distinction of holding the title for the shortest length of time, and the first person to be widowed while holding the title.