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Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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Nov 8, 2022
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[TYLER, John (1790-1862) -- AUTOGRAPH ALBUM]. An autograph album, 1843, assembling more than 280 Senators and Congressmen, including three present, past or future Presidents.
8vo (181 x 110 mm). 62 pp., including a 4 pp. partial index. Limp blue straight-grained morocco; custom slipcase.
INCLUDING THE SIGNATURES OF THREE PRESIDENTS, comprising: JOHN TYLER ("John Tyler"), AS PRESIDENT, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS ("John Quincy A"), as Representative, and JAMES BUCHANAN ("James Buchanan"), as Senator. Also signed by 5 members of the President's cabinet, comprising: Abel P. Upshur, Secretary of the Navy; Walter Forward, Secretary of the treasury; John C. Spencer, Secretary of War; Hugh S. Legare, Attorney general; Daniel Webster, Secretary of State; and Willie P. Mangum, President Pro Tempore of the Senate. Also included are the signatures of approximately 227 members of the House of Representatives, 48 members of the Senate, and 2 chaplains.
Compiled by John Van Buren during the 27th Congress, signed by him and dated July 1843 on the pastedown. Some members of Congress kept albums containing the signatures of their fellow legislators as was customary.
Property from the Patrick Atkinson Collection, Minneapolis, Minnesota