Unsigned handwritten endorsement by President John Tyler, "Mr. Parrish for a foreign appointment," penned on the reverse of a letter sent to him, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, docketed May 23, 1844. The letter, in part: "The undersigned respectfully recommend Mr. Robert A. Parrish of Pennsylvania to the President of the U.S. for a foreign appointment." Signed below by 23 members of the 28th United States Congress: Jeremiah Brown, Edward Joy Morris, Joseph Buffington, Henry D. Foster, Alexander Ramsey, Charles M. Read, Andrew Stewart, Joseph R. Ingersoll, Abraham R. McIlvaine, Michael H. Jenks, James Pollock, William Wilkins, John T. Smith, Benjamin A. Bidlack, John Ritter, Jacob S. Yost, Richard Brodhead, Samuel Hays, Charles J. Ingersoll, James Black, James Irvin, Henry Nes, and Henry Frick. In fine condition. Encapsulated in a PSA/DNA authentication holder.
