1850 US Senator Joseph Rogers Underwood (Kentucky) ALS, U.S. Senate free frank Washington DC trio signed letter to James Taylor Newport

1850 Congressional stampless folded letter from Washington DC to Newport KY. Red curved “FREE” also above Washington cds; free frank of Senator Joseph Rogers Underwood as a member of Congress. Joseph Rogers Underwood (1791-1876) served as a member of the House from Kentucky 1835-1843 and as a US Senator from 1847-1853. Letter also signed by Senator Underwood to James Taylor to negotiate a fee due in the Supreme Court.  James Taylor (James Taylor VI) was the son of the founder of Newport, KY, one of wealthiest men in Kentucky. His wife Susan Lucy Barry was the daughter of Kentucky Senator and the 7th US Postmaster General William Taylor Barry. Letter also docketed that a draft was sent, signed J. Taylor. Condition as pictured. An opponent of Andrew Jackson and outspoken emancipationist, Underwood was elected as a Whig to the United States House of Representatives, serving Kentucky's District 3 from March 4, 1835 until March 3, 1843. There he was chairman of the U.S. House Committee on t