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[John Tyler] Letter w/ Instructions on Texas

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:2,900.00 USD Estimated At:4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD
[John Tyler] Letter w/ Instructions on Texas
<B>[John Tyler] Secretarially Scribed and Signed Letter by His Son Robert Tyler,</B></I> who served as the President's Private Secretary. One page, 7.75" x 10", "<I>Executive Chamber / Washington City</B></I>", May 30, 1844, to Col. W.A.J. Britain. In full: "<I>Yours of 25 inst. received in due time but owing to the price of other business the answer has been delayed. I am indeed happy to find the start I have taken in regard to the annexation of Texas meets with your approbation, and you will please accept my warmest thanks for the interest you manifest towards me. I have no doubt the good sense of the great </B></I> <I>Democratic</B></I> <I>party, as well as large numbers of all parties will concur with you in your opinion of this important project. And when the subject is properly understood I have no doubt it will meet with the approbation of every American citizen. Should it be necessary to marshal force to maintain what I conceive to be justice to Texas as well as to ourselves I will have the satisfaction of knowing that I can rally some brave hearts around the cause of justice and liberty... </B></I>" In 1837, the people of Republic of Texas, having just won its independence from Mexico, voted to be annexed by the U.S. Initially, when the Texas minister (ambassador) in Washington, D.C., proposed annexation to the Van Buren administration in August 1837, the request was refused for fear of a war with Mexico. Texas withdrew its request for annexation and chose to exist as an independent nation, recognized by both the United States and United Kingdom. In 1843 Tyler once again raised the issue of annexation. Despite opposition, Tyler would successfully achieve approval for annexation from Congress by means of adopting a joint resolution. With the usual mail folds, including a small stain with a tiny hole, this historic letter is in near fine condition and would display beautifully. We sold a secretarially scribed and signed letter by Tyler (this one scribed by his other son John Tyler, Jr.) dated the following year, which was a letter of introduction for the bearer of the resolution annexing Texas to the Union, as part of a lot of 3 letters for $9500 in an October 2006 auction. The powerful language of this letter illustrating the lengths to which Tyler would go to succeed in bringing Texas into the Union, exceeds in import.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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