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JACKSON, Andrew and VAN BUREN, Martin. Autograph sentiment signed by Jackson ("Andrew Jackson"), as President, and Van Buren ("M. Van Buren"), as Vice President, Washington, 27 January 1834. 1 page, oblong (8¼ x 7 5/8 in.), trimmed at right edge, catching two letters from each line, but not affecting signatures. With two engravings of Jackson and Van Buren.
OLD HICKORY AND THE LITTLE MAGICIAN TOGETHER, at the mid-point of Jackson's second term as President. Jackson's sentiment reads: "How beautiful are the paths of virtue. Their reward to those who walk in them is peace and tranquility in this life, and a happy immortality beyond the grave." Below that Van Buren writes "That such may be Miss Emily's course through life, & such her reward, are the permanent prayer of her sincere friend." Van Buren was far and away Jackson's closest friend and ally in Washington. He won his way into the General's good graces at the very outset of the first term when Van Buren was the only Cabinet member to side with Jackson during the Peggy Eaton scandal. Originally Jackson's Secretary of State, he became his running mate in the 1832 election, with Jackson's express hope that Van Buren succeed him (as he did) in 1836. Together 3 items. (3)
OLD HICKORY AND THE LITTLE MAGICIAN TOGETHER, at the mid-point of Jackson's second term as President. Jackson's sentiment reads: "How beautiful are the paths of virtue. Their reward to those who walk in them is peace and tranquility in this life, and a happy immortality beyond the grave." Below that Van Buren writes "That such may be Miss Emily's course through life, & such her reward, are the permanent prayer of her sincere friend." Van Buren was far and away Jackson's closest friend and ally in Washington. He won his way into the General's good graces at the very outset of the first term when Van Buren was the only Cabinet member to side with Jackson during the Peggy Eaton scandal. Originally Jackson's Secretary of State, he became his running mate in the 1832 election, with Jackson's express hope that Van Buren succeed him (as he did) in 1836. Together 3 items. (3)