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James Madison

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James Madison

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Auction Date:2013 May 15 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Full hand-addressed free frank, measuring 9.75 x 8 unfolded, with panel measuring 5 x 3, addressed by Madison to “Messrs Gales & Seaton, Washington,” and franked in the upper right, “Free James Madison.” In the upper left corner, in another hand is written, “Orange C[ourt] H[ouse] Va, Dec 2,” indicating this was mailed from Orange County, Virginia and likely written at Madison’s Montpelier home. A partial docketing is visible on the reverse, dated November 30, 1825, pinpointing when Madison actually penned the letter. Two light vertical folds through panel, one passing through a single letter of signature and some mild dampstaining to panel and outer edges, otherwise fine condition. The addressees, Joseph Gales and his brother-in-law William Winston Seaton, were journalists who owned and operated the influential newspaper, The National Intelligencer.