LS, one page, 8 x 10, May 22, 1846. Letter to two gentlemen in New York. In full, “Gentlemen, your note of the 20th inst. has been received, and I have to state in reply, that no occasion exists at present of a nature to warrant the Department in incurring the expense incident to the employment of a paid Bearer of Dispatches to Canton.” In very good condition, with an even shade of overall toning, several intersecting folds and some scattered wrinkling. COA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
