Interesting third-person ALS, signed in the text “the president,” one page, 4.75 x 8, January 29, 1832. Jackson writes to Amos Kendall. In part: “Will Mr. Kendal [sic] be good enough to inform the president, whether he gave him for perusal the confidential report of Mr. Irwin, late Minister to Madrid, on the subject of his negotiation with Spain for the delivery of the [illegible] & the boundary of Louisiana—I cannot find it where I kept it, and if he has not given it to you or Major B— for perusal it has been clandestinely taken out of my Bureau. Please inform me if you have it, & if you have, please return by the first safe hand….” At the bottom of the letter, Kendall has made a notation: “I certify that the foregoing note is in the handwriting of General Andrew Jackson, May 6, 1864, Amos Kendall.” Kendall (1789–1869), who served as U.S. Postmaster General, is widely regarded as one of the most influential members of the Jackson administration; his later philanthropic activities included the founding of Gallaudet College, the first institution of higher learning devoted to teaching the deaf. The Louisiana Purchase, accomplished in 1803 during the administration of Thomas Jefferson, originally granted part (but not all) of present-day Louisiana to the United States; it wasn’t until the following decade that America’s borders—still shared in part with Spain—were codified in a series of treaties. Jackson’s own involvement in these pivotal land transactions began in 1819, when he was appointed by Monroe as the first provisional Governor of Florida following the Treaty with Spain of that year. The integral leaf bears the address panel in Jackson’s hand. Light intersecting folds (vertical fold through “president”), otherwise fine condition. Auction LOA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
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