Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2621BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 18, 2012 11:00AM
Description:
Polk, James K. (1795-1849) Autograph Letter Signed, 1 February 1834.
Single sheet, wove, watermarked paper, inscribed on one side. To Elijah Hayward (1786-1864),while Commissioner of the General Land Office, and while Polk served as Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, complaining about an unexplained $10,000 budget item; with an added note in Hayward's hand. Formerly folded, one original ink smudge, minor marginal spots, 7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.
Estimate $1,000-1,500