ALS signed "M. Van Buren," one page, 7.75 x 12.75, no date but circa 1833. Letter to "The President," Andrew Jackson, initialed and docketed by Jackson on the reverse. Van Buren's letter, in part: "My friend Mr. Hoffman will call upon you at ten in the morning to ask some assistance from you in the prosecution of Mr. Decatur's bill in the manner & for the reasons he will point out. It is to come up again on Friday & he wishes very much to be saved from the necessity of attacking the statement of Commodore Stewart which he thinks can & ought to be effected by the Commodore." On the reverse of the second integral leaf, Jackson writes: "Major Lewis will please send this & let me see him early-Capt Stuart must be seen on tomorrow after Mr. Hoffman has the interview with me. A. J." In very good to fine condition, with a missing lower right corner and seal-related loss to integral address leaf.
Before he became Jackson's vice president in 1833, Van Buren used his influence as a New York senator to architect the coalition of mid-Atlantic and Southern politicians that supported Jackson's presidential candidacy of 1828. Upon his election Jackson appointed Van Buren as his secretary of state, with the latter continuing to cement himself as the president's most loyal and trusted advisor. When Calhoun resigned from his office to fill a North Carolinian senate seat in late 1832, Jackson named Van Buren as his vice president the day after. Commodore Charles Stewart commanded a number of Naval ships during the war of 1812, including that of the USS Chesapeake and Constitution; interestingly, Stewart befriended future naval heroes Stephen Decatur and Richard Somers while attending Philadelphia's Episcopal Academy as a youth. A content-rich letter featuring the outstanding combination of two presidents.
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