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[AMERICAN STATESMEN]. CAMERON, SIMON, Secretary of War. Letter signed to R.J. Walker, Middletown, 3 October 1846, 1 page, 4to, integral blank, lightly browned, formerly tipped to another sheet, regarding an appointment: "...As this is the first evidence of...kindness I have [seen]...from a memeber of President Polk's cabinet, I cannot resist the inclination to thank you for it..."; CAMERON. Autograph letter signed to H.B. Suthery, Harrisburg, 22 April 1875, 1 page, 8vo, tear at lower right margin (not affecting text), concerning a visit: "I am disappointed to find...that your coming is postponed, and I write to express the hope that it will not be for many days..." -- ROBERT TODD LINCOLN, Secretary of War. Letter signed as Secretary of War, to Charles F. Manderson, Washington, D.C., 6 February 1885, 1 page, 4to, War Department stationery, "I have the honor to request that when the Second Edition of the Congressional Directory of the Second Session, 48th Congress, shall be ready for distribution...(400) copies of the same may be furnished for the use of this Department..." -- PHILIP JOHN SCHUYLER, Statesman. Autograph letter signed as New York State Senator, to Jeremiah Wadsworth, Saratoga, 9 May 1783, 1 3/4 pages, folio, integral address panel in Schuyler's hand, formerly tipped to another sheet, a letter to a colleague and family friend: "...I shall be amongst the first of the legislature of New York, and on my arrival there, the matter you recommend will claim my utmost attention, and [I] shall advise you of the result should you not be there..." -- THOMAS PINCKNEY, Statesman. Letter signed as Congressman, to Theodore Sedgwick, Columbia, 9 December 1800, 2 pages, 4to, discussing the controversial election of 1800: "...The Election by the Legislature of this State have been altogether antifederal, and eight votes for Mr. Jefferson & the like number for Col. Burr as President & Vice President have been sent forward to Congress..."; PINCKNEY. Autograph letter signed as President of the South Carolina Society of the Cincinnati, to General Read, Mountainville, 18 June 1809, 3 pages, 4to, integral address leaf with small seal hole, lightly browned, a few stains, a detailed letter about a patent: "...The question you propose namely, that ought the Inventor of the improvement described to demand for the use of his patent rights, should be considered in two points of view -- the first is what it is fairly worth; the second what...the Inventor is likely to obtain..."; together 6 items.
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