Lot 1008
Tyler, John (1790-1862), 10th President of the United States.
ALS, signed as President, one page letter datelined "Washington November 5, 1842" to P. Godwin with interesting content concerning the Postmaster General and postal affairs; Very Fine and fresh.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
Letter reads in part, "Your letter of the 29 Oct. reached me this morning and I shall lose no time in calling the attention of the P.M. General to its contents. You are aware that with him, under the law, rests the exclusive control over all post offices whose income is less than $1000 per annum, but my confidence in him is so great as to leave me at perfect ease upon the subject. He will not, I am sure, permit Mr. Parke to be unjustly dealt by…" The Postmaster General at this time was Charles A. Wickliffe.
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