Adams receives news of “the highest satisfaction” from a recent Anti-Masonic Convention 8. John Quincy Adams Autograph Letter Signed on AntiMasonic Convention. ALS as a Massachusetts Congressman,
signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 7.75 x 10, August 28, 1832. Addressed from Quincy, a handwritten letter to Nathan Lazell, Holmes Sprague, and Samuel Breck, “A Committee of the Anti Masonic Convention of Plymouth County, held at Halifax, on the 20th of August 1832,” in part: “I have received your Letter communicating to me, the Resolution of the recent County Convention at Halifax, which has given me the highest satisfaction...In undertaking the performance of the duties assigned to me by the trust confided to me by my fellow citizens of the Congressional District of Plymouth, the first of my obligations was to promote to the best of my ability their interests, in harmony with those of the people of the whole Union. That the discharge of that obligation has been so fortunate as to meet the approbations of the large and respectable portion of my Constituents, whom you represent, is at once a precious reward for the past, and a stimulant to faithful exertion during the remainder of the term of service allotted to me.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered light foxing, and toning along one of the multiple intersecting folds. Starting Bid $200
9. Andrew Jackson Document Signed as President. Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 10, May 4, 1829. President Jackson grants William McMillan a plot of land at “Cahaba, Alabama, containing Eighty acres and twenty seven hundredths of an acre.” Prominently signed at the conclusion by President Andrew Jackson and countersigned by Commissioner of the General Land Office George Graham.” The white paper seal affixed to the lower left corner remains intact. Mounted below a matted engraving of Jackson (featuring a facsimile signature) and framed to an overall size of 17.75 x 22.75. In very good condition, with short edge tears, small areas of vellum loss, and staining to bottom edge. Starting Bid $200
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