Gage Bros. & Drake, Tremont House, Chicago, 10c Green (EP91). Stamp with rich color, few trivial mica imperfections but overall fresh and Very Fine, -- In 1853 the Gage brothers -- David A. and George W. -- took control of the Tremont House, one of Chicago's most famous hotels. Two years later they sold a quarter-interest in the hotel to John B. Drake and named the new partnership "Gage, Brother & Drake" (as it appears on the encased postage). The Tremont House was frequently visited by Abraham Lincoln before he was elected President, and the hotel became Lincoln's campaign headquarters during the Republican convention in 1860. In 1863 David Gage withdrew from the Tremont House partnership and became a partner in the Sherman House, a rival hotel opened in 1861, with 1988 P.F. certificate

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