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President Andrew Jackson's Administration

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:125.00 USD Estimated At:250.00 - 350.00 USD
President Andrew Jackson's Administration
<B>President Andrew Jackson's Administration</B></I> Small archive of letters, three with excellent content, and signatures by various individuals who served during Jackson's presidential term. <BR><B><BR>Samuel L. Gouverneur,</B></I> ALS, 2 pages, Washington, Sep. 20, 1832, to Francis P. Blair, Editor of the Globe, regarding a statement printed in the paper about the Seminole War. In part: "<I>I had the honor of addressing you, respecting a remark which had appeared in your paper of the 9th preceding, in the following words -- 'In conducting the Seminole War, Gen. Jackson was in fact acting under the secret orders of the Government.'</B></I>" Usual mail folds and light soiling with a small tear at integral sheet fold affecting a single word. <BR><B><BR>Samuel D. Ingham,</B></I> ALS, 2 pages, 7.75" x 10", Fenton, Feb. 7, 1853, to an unnamed recipient thanking him for a geological report and discussing in great detail the issuance of small silver coins and gold pieces. Great content! <BR><BR>Lot also includes: <B>Amos Kendall</B></I> (LS); <B>John H. Eaton</B></I> (ALS); <B>W.T. Barry</B></I> (DS); <B>Edward Livingston</B></I> (DS, also signed by <B>Edward Henry Livingston</B></I>); <B>Hugh L. White</B></I> (signature); and <B>Mahlon Dickerson</B></I> (ALS with great genealogical content on his family). Overall condition is very good to near fine. <I>From the collection of Henry E. Luhrs.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Miscellaneous Collectibles, Smal (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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