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c. 1848 MILLARD FILLMORE Signed Copy of Charles Dickens’ Dombey + Sons Book

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c. 1848 MILLARD FILLMORE Signed Copy of Charles Dickens’ Dombey + Sons Book
Autographs
1848 Millard Fillmore Signed Volume of Charles Dickens’ Book Titled “Dombey & Son”
MILLARD FILLMORE (1800-1874). 13th President of the United States, the last to be a member of the Whig Party while in the White House (1850-1853).
c. 1848, Two Volume Set of Charles Dickens’ Book, “Dombey & Son,” Signed, “Millard Fillmore” in pencil on the cover page of one volume, Very Good. The second volume being without his signature. Honest wear on the covers and spines, as well as scattered foxing, with some separation of the pages from the binding. A rare and popular Charles Dickens Book being Signed by Millard Fillmore! (2 books)
Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874) was the 13th President of the United States (1850–1853), the last to be a member of the Whig Party while in the White House. A former congressman from New York, Fillmore had been elected Vice President in 1848, and was elevated to the presidency by the unexpected death of Zachary Taylor.

Fillmore was instrumental in getting the Compromise of 1850 passed, a bargain that led to a brief truce in the battle over slavery. He failed to gain the Whig presidential nomination in 1852, and was the unsuccessful candidate of the nativist Know Nothing Party in 1856.