WOOL JOHN ELLIS Autograph Letter Signed John E Wool to Zacha

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WOOL, JOHN ELLIS. Autograph Letter Signed, "John E. Wool," to Zachary Taylor ("My dear General"), sending warm congratulations to the new president and promising to save him from the assault of applications for offices in the new administration until March 4. 1 1/4 pages, 4to, with integral blank; faint scattered toning, minor remnants of prior mounting at corners of terminal page, docketing on terminal page. "Head Quarters, Troy," 9 Dec[embe]r 1848

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"[Y]our 'second in command' . . . most sincerely congratulates you on your last victory. It is a glorious consummation of the battle of Buena Vista, which 'opens the doors to the Capital of Mexico.' . . . As far as it is possible I will endeavour to save you from the perplexities of applications which always attends the change of an administration."