Lot 100
James Knox Polk (1790-1862), 11th President of the United States (1845-1849), autograph letter signed as President, one sheet, 8" x 10", June 1845, to his Secretary of the Treasury R.J. Walker, requesting a meeting, usual folds with one small split, fresh and Fine.
Estimate 4,000 - 5,000
Polk mentions he received a letter from Major Donelson, who was the charge d'affairs in Texas at that time and was most likely reporting on Mexican troop movements, which would ultimately lead to the Mexican-American war. Polk wrote to the Major, that same day, June 15th, telling him how he was prepared to defend Texas, within his Constitutional ability to do so.
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