LS as president, one page, 5 x 8, personal monogrammed stationery, January 12, 1870. Letter to diplomat Elihu B. Washburne, in full: "I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of two copies of 'Etudes Pratiques sur la Question d'Orient' mentioned in your letter of the 26th of November, and request that you will convey to the author my thanks for his kindness in sending them." A secretarial hand on second integral page notes that that letter was written at the Executive Mansion. The letter is affixed to a slightly larger sheet. In fine condition. Written by Benoît Brunswik, Practical Studies on the Eastern Question: Reforms and Surrenders was published by Veuve Berger-Levrault et fils in 1869. A congressman from Illinois before and during the American Civil War, Washburne was a political ally of President Abraham Lincoln and General Ulysses S. Grant. When the latter was elected commander-in-chief, Washburne was briefly appointed Secretary of State—for a full 11 days—before assuming the post as United States Minister to France from 1869 to 1877.
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