Autograph letter signed : Washington, [D.C.], to Major William B. Lewis, 1825 Feb. 27.
Record ID:
358732
Accession number:
MA 811.12
Credit:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1912.
Description:
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 31.7 cm
Notes:
Addressed to "Major Wm. B. Lewis / Nashville / Tennessee."
Docketed.
With postmark and trace of a seal.
Part of a collection of 58 letters from Andrew Jackson to Major William B. Lewis. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 811 for more details.
Summary:
Sending him a paper to have "republished in such papers in Nashville as [Lewis] may deem best"; mentioning [Joseph] Gales and [William Winston] Seaton, editors of the National Intelligencer; referring to an exposé by Mr. Kremers, and noting that he has heard it is "strong" and "will carry conviction every where of the corruption of [Henry] Clay & others."
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan with the Ford collection before 1912.
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