Simon SnyderGovernor Of Pennsylvania.
W. Woolley Pinx. Tiebout sc.
Pub. by P. Price Philada [n.d., c.1808].
Stipple engraving with some etching, sheet 270 x 200mm. 10½ x 8". Tatty extremities, with small tears. Several horizontal creases.
Simon Snyder (1759 - 1819) was the governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1808 to 1817. A Jeffersonian Democrat, he served three terms as speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives before becoming governor. He led the state through the War of 1812 and, following the conclusion of his term, was elected to the United States Senate, although he died in office in 1819.
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Pub. by P. Price Philada [n.d., c.1808].
Stipple engraving with some etching, sheet 270 x 200mm. 10½ x 8". Tatty extremities, with small tears. Several horizontal creases.
Simon Snyder (1759 - 1819) was the governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1808 to 1817. A Jeffersonian Democrat, he served three terms as speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives before becoming governor. He led the state through the War of 1812 and, following the conclusion of his term, was elected to the United States Senate, although he died in office in 1819.
[Ref: 9841] £75.00