Nov 30, 2006 - Sale 2095

Sale 2095 - Lot 17

Price Realized: $ 390
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Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
BAINBRIDGE, WILLIAM. Autograph Letter Signed, to General Henry Dearborn, on social matters and criticizing Andrew Jackson's first Annual Address to Congress. 2 pages, folded 4to sheet with integral address leaf; usual hole from opening. Philadelphia, 6 January 1830
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" . . . What think you of the Message and the accompaniments to it especially that of your Countryman Amos Kendall. In my opinion it is one of the most infamous official documents that ever went to Congress. It is a tissue of misrepresentations and falsehoods . . ."
Bainbridge (1774-1833) U. S. naval officer, achieved the rank of Commodore, most noted for his naval victories in the War of 1812.