ALS as president-elect, one page both sides, 6.5 x 8, December 16, 1856. Letter to a gentleman. In part: "I have only time to advise you to let New York politicks alone for the present as I have resolved to do. It is a perfect chaos,—a whirlpool of contending elements,—which nobody either in or out of the State understand at the present moment. Don’t interfere in them now, if you desire to have influence on them hereafter. People come to me almost every day from New York. I like Wood very much & always have liked him. He is a Napoleon of a fellow. No man has ever been more abused than him; but he is abundantly able to take care of himself. I speak of the present moment. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thing; at a future day I will not interfere. He is a master spirit.” In fine condition, with intersecting folds (one vertical fold passing through a single letter of the signature), and a small area of surface loss below the signature due to erasure of the recipient’s name. The election of November 1856 saw Buchanan emerge victorious alongside fellow Democrat Fernando Wood, who was reelected as mayor of New York City. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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