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MARTIN VAN BUREN A.L.S.

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MARTIN VAN BUREN A.L.S.
<b>173. MARTIN VAN BUREN</b> (1782 - 1862) Eighth President of the United States, Secretary of State and a close ally of Andrew Jackson. Good content A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo., Lindenwald, Aug. 1, 1858 to a Miss Silvester, in part: "<i>...I am sure I cannot better disclose the trust placed in me by Miss Livingston than by the selection of my friend Miss Silvester...It is a highly honorable duty...The Society have throughout endeavored to select for their officers & agents leaders whose ancestors occupied positions through which they were brought in personal connection with Washington. Your grandfather was a member of the first Congress during his administration & was likely one of his most zealous admirers...</i>". Very light mat burn at extreme margins, else very good.<b>$500-700</b>