Nov 09, 2004 - Sale 2021

Sale 2021 - Lot 58

Price Realized: $ 920
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(CIVIL WAR.) DAVIS, JEFFERSON. Autograph Endorsement Signed, as Secretary of War, to Secretary of the Navy James C. Dobbin, recommending the acceptance of John Tyler Jr.'s request to be appointed coal agent at Philadelphia, written on verso of the conjugate leaf of Tyler's letter to Davis. Folded 4to sheet; usual folds. [Washington], 19 July 1853

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"John Tyler Jr. applies for the appointment of coal agent at Philadelphia, and I have great pleasure in commending to the consideration of the Secty of the U. S. Navy."