James Monroe Signed 8x10 1830 Handwritten Recommendation Letter BAS #AE13882
This Autographed Dated December 12, 1830 Approximate 8x10 Handwritten Recomendation Letter has been Personally Signed by James Monroe. This item is 100% Authentic to include a Certificate of Authenticity (COA) / hologram by Beckett Authentication Services. The authenticity can be verified on Beckett Authentication Services website.
Address panel on verso, with docketing at top. Expected folds and creases, light toning, browning along folds and edges, and traces of prior mounting along right verso margin. Overall near fine with bold, legible handwriting.
Writing just seven months before his death, Monroe addresses Nicholas Biddle, President of the Second Bank of the United States, to introduce and recommend a man named Burrows.
"Mr. Burrows who will deliver you this, has expressed a desire that I would introduce him to your acquaintance, according to the knowledge I have of his character, and the impression I entertain of it… While I held the office of Ch. Magistrate, he was introduced to me by a letter from Govr. Wolcott of Connecticut, in very favorable terms, as a citizen of merit and entitled to the attention of the govt. He reminds me that I acted under the influence of that recommendation, and promoted his objects in Europe, in commerce, by letters to public officers then. Within a few years past, our acquaintance has been renewed, and under circumstances which have confirmed, and increased, this impression first made. I am informed, by the best authority here, that he is engaged extensively in commerce, in both hemispheres, the operations of which are well conducted & attended with success. Viewing him in this light, you will pardon this liberty I take, in communicating it to you."
A scarce late-life letter from Monroe, combining presidential reflection, American commercial history, and a direct tie to Nicholas Biddle, one of the most influential figures of the early U.S. financial system.
Address panel on verso, with docketing at top. Expected folds and creases, light toning, browning along folds and edges, and traces of prior mounting along right verso margin. Overall near fine with bold, legible handwriting.
Writing just seven months before his death, Monroe addresses Nicholas Biddle, President of the Second Bank of the United States, to introduce and recommend a man named Burrows.
"Mr. Burrows who will deliver you this, has expressed a desire that I would introduce him to your acquaintance, according to the knowledge I have of his character, and the impression I entertain of it… While I held the office of Ch. Magistrate, he was introduced to me by a letter from Govr. Wolcott of Connecticut, in very favorable terms, as a citizen of merit and entitled to the attention of the govt. He reminds me that I acted under the influence of that recommendation, and promoted his objects in Europe, in commerce, by letters to public officers then. Within a few years past, our acquaintance has been renewed, and under circumstances which have confirmed, and increased, this impression first made. I am informed, by the best authority here, that he is engaged extensively in commerce, in both hemispheres, the operations of which are well conducted & attended with success. Viewing him in this light, you will pardon this liberty I take, in communicating it to you."
A scarce late-life letter from Monroe, combining presidential reflection, American commercial history, and a direct tie to Nicholas Biddle, one of the most influential figures of the early U.S. financial system.
James Monroe Signed 8x10 1830 Handwritten Recommendation Letter BAS #AE13882
Sale price$5,499.99
Regular price$6,598.80