Scarce ALS as president, one page, 8 x 10, December 10, 1847. Handwritten letter to George Bancroft, United States minister to the United Kingdom, referring to Senators Jefferson Davis and Henry S. Foote of Mississippi. In part: "Thomas E. Robins, Esqr. the gentleman who will hand you this letter, has been intrusted to me by…Davis and…Foote, members of the Senate of the United States from the State of Mississippi—and I take pleasure in commanding him to your kind attentions. Mr. Robins' visit to Great Britain, with a view if possible, to arrange the public debt of that state, with the foreign creditors—I am not informed of the extent of his powers, but that, as well as the object he desires to accomplish, he will explain to you." Beautifully cloth-matted and framed with an engraved portrait and caption to an overall size of 26.25 x 24. In fine condition.
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