PRESIDENT MARTIN VAN BUREN - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 09/29/1828 - HFSID 5647
Price: $2,500.00
MARTIN VAN BUREN
Martin Van Buren sends an autograph letter asking for help in a
business matter.
Autograph Letter Signed: "M.V. Buren" as U.S. Senator,
1p, 7¾x9¾. No place, 1828 September 29. To T.W. Olcott. In
full: "I have been under the necessity of purchasing some property upon
which Whiting & Glouck had encumbrances which it is not convenient for me
now to discharge. Will you do me the favor to get the enclosed note substituted
for theirs by the company of which I understand you are fac totum
(sic)." Factotum is a person employed to do all kinds of work or
business. Partial note at the bottom by Olcott: "returned the note
to Mr V Buren it not being necessary to renew till 1 Dec...." Martin Van Buren
represented New York in the U.S. Senate from 1821 until December 20, 1828, when
he resigned, having been elected Governor of New York. He was only Governor for
nine weeks when he resigned to become Andrew Jackson's Secretary of State.
Rectangular shading touches most text from an image laying against page.
Mounting stains from verso's edge show through to left margin touching some
letters. Light yellow stains. Horizontal folds, not at
signature.
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