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Lot #91
Martin Van Buren Handwritten Letter Signed

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ALS signed “M. Van Buren,” one page both sides, 5 x 7.25, May 21, 1853. Letter to Mr. Ingersoll, in part: “I will be ready for you on Monday at a quarter before twelve. I am greatly obliged by your kind attentions…Other engagements for the day compel me to decline Mr. Richard Murchison’s polite invitation & I will thank you to make my apology acceptable to him.” In fine condition, with an old mounting tape remnant to left edge. Accompanied by a portrait bearing a preprinted signature.

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