Full free frank as president, measuring 9.75 x 8 with a center panel of 5 x 3.5, postmarked at Washington, November 29, [1827], addressed in another hand to "Horace Binney Esq'r, Philadelphia," and boldly franked in the upper right, "J. Q. Adams." The center panel bears a "Free" stamp below the signature. Mounted and framed with a typed caption to an overall size of 12.5 x 14. In fine condition, with mounting residue showing through in blank areas, not at all affecting the center panel. Horace Binney was a prominent Philadelphia lawyer and staunch opponent of Adams's nemesis Andrew Jackson; Binney went on to serve in the House of Representatives from 1833 to 1835.
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