Vice President Free Franks

Pre-1873

Vice President's Free Frank cover
VICE PRESIDENT SCHUYLER COLFAX FREE FRANK CORRESPONDENCE TO EDWARD MCPHERSON, 1869-1873. Schulyer Colfax served as President Grant's vice president from 1869-1873.
 

Post-1873

Vice President's Free Frank cover
MACHINE-APPLIED VICE PRESIDENT C.W. FAIRBANKS FREE FRANK, ca. 1903-1909. Vice President Fairbanks, who served under Theodore Roosevelt, addressed this correspondence to Mrs. John A. Logan, wife of Civil War Union General John Logan.
Fairbanks, Alaska, is named for C.W. Fairbanks. Logan Square in Washington, DC, is named for John Logan.
Vice President's Free Frank cover
MACHINE-APPLIED FREE FRANK BEARING THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S SIGNATURE, ca. 1901-1909. The hand-stamped, circular Oyster Bay, New York, postmark is dated April 17. The addressee is social reformer and investigative reporter Jacob Riis.