ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, March 17, 1871. Letter to a gentleman. In part: “I think you are misinformed with regard to what I have said of the Presd’t. Knowing the responsibilities of public life, I have never used any language touching his motives or attributing corruption. I do not doubt that I have been misinterpreted to him & also to you…There is necessarily much latitude in the conversation of public men. How often have we all spoken of Mr. Seward & of Mr. Lincoln with infinite freedom.” One horizontal mailing fold passing through a single letter of the signature, and edge separations to folds, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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