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POLK, JAMES KNOX, President. Autograph letter signed ("James K. Polk," with flourish) as Speaker of the House, to Messrs. Stockton & Stokes, Mail Contractors, Washington, D.C., 6 October 1837. 1 1/2 pages, 4to, integral address leaf, formerly tipped to another sheet.
[With:] Autograph free frank ("Free J.K. Polk") on address panel in Polk's hand to the above in Baltimore, orange circular "Washington City D.C. Oct 6" postmark, WITH RED WAX SEAL (a portion of surface abraded), margin where seal was attached repaired with matching paper, otherwise in very fine condition.
THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE PLANS AN OVERNIGHT COACHING TRIP WITH LADIES
Representative Polk hires a coach and gives detailed instructions for the planned excursion: "I wish to engage a Coach, from Fredericktown to Wheeling [West Virginia], to leave the former place...on the 17th...My company will take and pay for the whole coach; and as a part of our number will consist of ladies, one object we have in view, in chartering the whole coach is to avoid being too much crowded. We wish to take your hire whilst travelling through in day-light, permitting the passengers to sleep at night...If you can furnish the coach...please...write me a letter..."
While they are not as rare as Polk's Presidential franks, Polk's pre-presidential franking signatures are scarce. The present is a very fine example.
Exhibited: World Stamp Expo '89, Washington, D.C., 17 November--3 December 1989.
[With:] Autograph free frank ("Free J.K. Polk") on address panel in Polk's hand to the above in Baltimore, orange circular "Washington City D.C. Oct 6" postmark, WITH RED WAX SEAL (a portion of surface abraded), margin where seal was attached repaired with matching paper, otherwise in very fine condition.
THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE PLANS AN OVERNIGHT COACHING TRIP WITH LADIES
Representative Polk hires a coach and gives detailed instructions for the planned excursion: "I wish to engage a Coach, from Fredericktown to Wheeling [West Virginia], to leave the former place...on the 17th...My company will take and pay for the whole coach; and as a part of our number will consist of ladies, one object we have in view, in chartering the whole coach is to avoid being too much crowded. We wish to take your hire whilst travelling through in day-light, permitting the passengers to sleep at night...If you can furnish the coach...please...write me a letter..."
While they are not as rare as Polk's Presidential franks, Polk's pre-presidential franking signatures are scarce. The present is a very fine example.
Exhibited: World Stamp Expo '89, Washington, D.C., 17 November--3 December 1989.