Hand-addressed and free-franked address panel as senator, 5 x 2.75, partially addressed in Buchanan's hand to "J. Glancy Jones Esquire…Pennsylvania," and crisply franked in the upper right corner, "Free, James Buchanan." Postmarked at Easton, Pennsylvania, January 5, [no year but annotated 1845]. Archivally encapsulated in Mylar, mounted, matted, and framed with a gilt-edged porcelain ‘Oval Office Collection’ portrait by Christian Bell Porcelain and nameplate to an overall size of 11.75 x 14.75. In fine condition, with scratching to the top of the frame. Jehu Glancy Jones was a Democratic member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania; when Buchanan became president, he appointed Jones as US minister to the Austrian Empire.
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