ALS signed “H. Clay,” one page, 7.75 x 6, April 1850. A letter of recommendation for Jonathan Edwards, “being about to migrate to California.” In part: “I take great pleasure in recommending him to all person, with whom he may meet, as a gentleman of honor & probity; and as a highly respectable member of the Bar, with whose father, the honble. Judge Edwards of New York, I have been long and intimately acquainted, and who has been known and esteemed as one of our most respectable and eminent citizens.” Matted with a period portrait engraving to an overall size of 20.5 x 11.75. Faint smudge to one word and archival tape hinges to reverse, otherwise exceptionally fresh, very fine condition. R&R COA.
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