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VAN BUREN, MARTIN

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VAN BUREN, MARTIN
(1782 - 1862) Eighth President of the United States, Secretary of State and a close ally of Andrew Jackson. L.S. as Secretary of State to Andrew Jackson, 3pp. legal folio, Washington, Nov. 18, 1830, to William Pitt Preble, U.S. Minister to the Netherlands, in part: "...A few days ago, a letter was received...addressed by the King of the Netherlands to the President, and announcing the marriage of his daughter to Prince Frederick of Prussia. The enclosed is the President's answer to that letter, as you will perceive by the copy which accompanies it, and is forwarded to you to be delivered to His Majesty...If it should be His Majesty's pleasure to grant you an audience for that purpose, you will make use of the occasion to assure him of the interest felt by the President in all that may promote the happiness of his family and of his Kingdom, and of his unabated desire to cultivate with him the most friendly and reciprocally advantageous relations...". Small tape repairs along right margin, not affecting text, else very good.