ALS signed “M. Van Buren,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 10, August 11, 1834. Letter to former Congressman David Evans. In part, “I should have written to you before in regard to the Post-Office at Buffalo if I had not supposed that our friend Judge Cummings would explain fully to you the ground I had taken in regard to it…I had determined before I rec[eive]d your letter to take no farther part in the question than to lay before the Department a letter written to me by the Col[onel] before his death in behalf of his son, & an offer from Mr. Andrews requesting delay. But I perceive by the circumstance of the Judge’s sending me the enclosed that I had not made myself understood by him. Do me the favor to hand the enclosed to him and show him this letter.
It would have given me sincere pleasure to have met Mr. R & yourself here—a relaxation with which you might well have indulged yourself. I fear this money making spirit will…disqualify you from enjoying it. I propose to leave here in two weeks for Oswego with my own horses. I would be most happy to come & spend a few days with you but shall probably be deterred by the distance & by the apprehension that I will be seen to make too much of a politician of you for one of your prudent habits. We shall see however.
Smith will be with me & he is very anxious to see Niagara & these boys do pretty much with me as they please. I shall be glad to hear from you at Oswego…Young Wadsworth and his handsome bride have been very pressing to have John and myself pay them a visit, but he will be kept at Albany by his business at the Circuit Court.” In fine condition, with intersecting folds, a couple lightly through portion of signature, scattered wrinkling, and some light show-through from text on opposing sides. After leaving public office, Evans worked for the Holland Land Company as its resident agent and was serving in that capacity when he received Vice President Van Buren’s message. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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