ZACHARY TAYLOR | A letter signed by one of the shortest-serving U.S. presidents, to the father of vegetarianism and inventor of the Graham cracker

ZACHARY TAYLOR

MANUSCRIPT LETTER SIGNED ("Z. TAYLOR") AS 12TH PRESIDENT, TO SYLVESTER GRAHAM ESQ., IN RESPONSE TO PREVIOUS CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING A MUTUAL ACQUAINTANCE

1 page (8 x 10 in.; 203 x 254 mm) on a bifolium of light blue paper, in a secretarial hand, marked "Private" at the top of the page, signed by Taylor, Washington, 5 November 1849.

A letter signed by one of the shortest-serving U.S. presidents, to the father of vegetarianism and inventor of the Graham cracker

Sylvester Graham was a Presbyterian minister, who is perhaps better-known as a dietary reformer. "Grahamism" became a movement, and people were inspired by the minister's messages pertaining to health. As he movement spread, the market for Graham flour, Graham bread, and Graham crackers grew. Graham influenced other Americans, including Horace Greeley and John Harvey Kellogg, founder of the Battle Creek Sanitarium.