Jun 21, 2018 - Sale 2483

Sale 2483 - Lot 185

Price Realized: $ 650
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
FORMER FIRST LADY TO FORMER PRESIDENT J.Q. ADAMS MADISON, DOROTHY PAYNE TODD ("DOLLEY"). Autograph Note Signed, "Mrs. Madison," in the third person within the text, to John Quincy Adams, apologizing for the unnecessary request to return papers which were discovered after writing. 1/2 page, 8vo, with integral address leaf; faint dampstaining along left edge, horizontal folds. [Washington], 15 July 1838

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"Mrs. Madison begs Mr. Adams will excuse her application of this morning, which proceeded from ignorance of a return of the papers--her son left her for New York some weeks ago, and omitted to mention the circumstance."