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VAN BUREN, MARTIN. Autograph Letter Signed, to Mrs. Benjamin Butler (the wife of his Attorney General), regarding a mutual friend who had been

VAN BUREN, MARTIN. Autograph Letter Signed, to Mrs. Benjamin Butler (the wife of his Attorney General), regarding a mutual friend who had been promoted to Admiral, with a postscript addressed to Benjamin Butler asking if he knows a good attorney in Tennessee or Mississippi. 1 page plus the postscript on verso, single 4to sheet; usual fold, ink from postscript just visible recto. Lindenwald, 26 August 1847

  • Notes: "... Your great affection for the young Col. or I should now I presume say Admiral is well merited. Making allowances for the difference of our relations to him you could not feel greater interest in his success than I do. That he will do well & justify the good opinion we entertain of him I do not in the least doubt..."

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