American Manuscripts & other Property from the Collection of Elsie and Philip Sang

American Manuscripts & other Property from the Collection of Elsie and Philip Sang

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MILLARD FILLMORE | Vice President Fillmore responds to a request for assistance

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October 14, 04:14 PM GMT

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1,000 - 1,500 USD

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MILLARD FILLMORE

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("MILLARD FILLMORE") AS 12TH VICE PRESIDENT, TO A MISS CUTTS, RESPONDING TO A REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE


1 page (7 7/8 x 9 3/4 in.; 200 x 248 mm), on a bifolium of light blue paper, Buffalo, New York, 9 May 1849; nicks to folds, minor spotting. 


"Your letter addressed to me at Washington has reached me at my residence here. … But had I been there is would have been about the same, as I make it a point not to interfere with the clerkships of the ___ departments."