ALS signed “Fr. Pierce,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 7.5, no date. Letter to Benjamin F. Hallett, in full: "I intended to leave the city at 12 o'clock today, but I desire particularly to see you and will wait till 3 p.m. I am at the Bloomfield House. Will you send me word when you come in or call at the Hotel." Double-matted and framed with a portrait, plaque, and copy of the front side of the letter to an overall size of 17.5 x 27.5. In fine condition, with a small textual smudge to the first page, and writing showing through from opposing sides. Hallett was a Massachusetts lawyer who is best remembered as the first chairman of the Democratic National Committee. In March 1853, President Pierce appointed Hallett as United States District Attorney for the District of Massachusetts.
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