John Tyler Autograph | signed letters

John Tyler Autograph

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Autograph letter signed, one page, 7,75 x 9,25 inch,Williamsburg, (Virginia), 21.12.1838*, to family friend William Spencer Roane (1787-1845, Democratic Senator from Virginia, and son of Judge Spencer Roane and grandson of Founding Father Patrick Henry)- Tyler seeks Roane's "kind intercession" to attain a midshipman's commission from President Martin Van Buren for a Thomas Jones of Gloucester, whose family is "highly respectable and influential", written and signed (as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates) in dark ink "John Tyler", attractively mounted (removable) for fine display with an engraved portrait of John Tyler (altogether 16,5 x 11,75 inch), withintersecting letter folds and mild foxing- in fine condition.* The following year the Whig Party would nominate Tyler for the Vice-Presidency, and following William Henry Harrison's victory in the 1840 presidential election - and his sudden death only a month later in April, 1841 - Tyler would ascend to the Presidency. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 8126294360213

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Titel: John Tyler Autograph | signed letters
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