TAYLOR, ZACHARY, President. Letter signed ("Z Taylor") as Commandant of Fort Crawford [near Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin], to Colonel R. Jones, U.S. Adjutant General in Washington; Headquarters, 10 January 1830. 1 page, 4to, 250 x 200 mm. (9¾ x 8 in.), text of letter in an ornate calligraphic hand, matted with an engraved portrait, framed.An uncommon early letter of Lt. Col. Taylor, from the frontier garrison he commanded prior to the outbreak of the Black Hawk War. Taylor forwards "a recruiting Return of the First Regiment for the Months of November and December 1829...the duplicate enlistment...was forwarded to your office...[The] enlistment has not yet been received from Captain Harvey. As soon as it arrives it shall be forwarded..."