APPEALING TO NEWLY INAUGURATED PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON FOR HELP WITH HER DIRE ECONOMIC SITUATION, in an autograph letter, signed March 11, 1829, from Union Hotel [Washington, D.C.], addressed to “My Dear General” [with his full name and rank, “Maj Gen Andrew Jackson,” following her closing; Jackson had been sworn into office as President exactly a week earlier].
(Washington, DC): 1829. Autograph letter. 4to. 4-pages on a bifolium sheet of paper (watermark “Amies Philada.” with their dove mark), approximately 250 words, in part: “My Dear General, I entreat you to send me word of hope or comfort, for my situation is mortifying and distressing beyond all expression! After..... More