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JOHNSON, ANDREW, President. Autograph letter signed ("A. Johnson") as Tennessee Representative, to W.M. Lawry, Washington, D.C., 16 January 1849. 2 pages, 4to, 250 x 200mm. (10 x 7 7/8 in.), blue paper, integral address leaf, minor fold tears discreetly silked, slight discoloration along folds.
[With:] Autograph free frank ("free A. Johnson M.C.") on integral address leaf addressed in Johnson's hand to "Mr Wm. M. Lawry Greeneville Tenn," faint circular Washington postmark, remains of red wax seal, seal hole and a fold tear carefully mended.
A long letter with a good frank, concerning a Post Office appointment and local Tennessee politics: "I now drop you a few lines merely to inform that I have nothing to write about. The P.O. affair that we were talking about before I left home, at present I am inclined to think will not take...Since the cholera has been so previlent [sic] to the north I presume you have not been so anxious for the appointment -- however I will...advise you accordingly. Have you been thinking any more about the P.O. in Greeneville. What are Whigs saying about it now -- will they make a drive at you or not...There is not much doing in Congress as yet. You might write and give me some of the news about the town...are there any political news on foot...write me a letter and give me some of the gossip if nothing else..."
Johnson's autograph letters are scarce. Another letter to Lawry, without a free frank, was sold here at Christie's, New York (8 June 1990, lot 97, $3800).
[With:] Autograph free frank ("free A. Johnson M.C.") on integral address leaf addressed in Johnson's hand to "Mr Wm. M. Lawry Greeneville Tenn," faint circular Washington postmark, remains of red wax seal, seal hole and a fold tear carefully mended.
A long letter with a good frank, concerning a Post Office appointment and local Tennessee politics: "I now drop you a few lines merely to inform that I have nothing to write about. The P.O. affair that we were talking about before I left home, at present I am inclined to think will not take...Since the cholera has been so previlent [sic] to the north I presume you have not been so anxious for the appointment -- however I will...advise you accordingly. Have you been thinking any more about the P.O. in Greeneville. What are Whigs saying about it now -- will they make a drive at you or not...There is not much doing in Congress as yet. You might write and give me some of the news about the town...are there any political news on foot...write me a letter and give me some of the gossip if nothing else..."
Johnson's autograph letters are scarce. Another letter to Lawry, without a free frank, was sold here at Christie's, New York (8 June 1990, lot 97, $3800).