ALS, one page both sides, 7.5 x 9.5, March 28, 1854. Letter to Colonel John Rutherford of Richmond, Virginia. Nearly a decade removed from his presidency, Tyler declines to weigh in on the question of the nation's banking systems, in part: "I have…read with very great interest and pleasure the report of the Minority of the Committee on Banking, made to the House of Delegates by your son, for a copy of which I have been indebted either to yourself or to him. If from him, be pleased to express to him my sincere thanks for the favors he has done me. IF to yourself, I can only say as I do in all sincerity, that I fully enter into all your feelings of gratification and pride, in having a paper marked with so much ability, to emanate from him, who after your race on Earth shall be finished, is to become the representative of your name and reputation. I take no part in the question which is going on between the new and old system of banking, because I feel averse to mingle in the contests of the day, but this I may say without hazard, that the facts and arguments presented in Mr. Rutherford's report will require an able pen to answer them." Addressed on the integral address leaf in Tyler's hand, and franked in the upper right, "J. Tyler." In very good to fine condition, with some toning and staining, an ink stamp to the upper right corner, and seal-related paper loss to the integral address leaf.
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