LS signed “Z. Taylor. Col., 1st Regt U.S. Infy, Comdg,” one page, 7.75 x 9.5, April 25, 1834. Col. Roger Jones, Adjutant General, U.S. Army. In full: “Herewith is returned agreeably to your directions the application of Capt MacRee for the Recruiting Service. He has been placed on that duty at St. Louis, Mo. with orders to open a Rendezvous & recruit for the 1st Regiment of Infantry.” In fine condition, with light toning along horizontal folds and some show-through from docketing on reverse. One of the officers in Capt. Samuel MacRee’s Company B was 2nd Lieut. Jefferson Davis. ‘The Papers of Jefferson Davis’ footnotes that while stationed at Fort Crawford, MacRee ‘became involved’ in Davis’s courtship of Zachary Taylor’s daughter, Sarah Knox. Taylor had forbidden Davis to court her. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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