Lot 372
United States, James Buchanan Exhibit, Historical Letters, 1856 James Buchanan Election, November 8, 1856. Boston cds and grid killer on #9, letter to William Putney Kuhn while a teenage clerk at the Robert B. Storer Counting House in Boston, Kuhn would later become a prominent Boston businessman, letter in part reads "I have been waiting for a few days in order to hear with certainty the result of the election. I think there can be no doubt that Buchanan is elected, so I propose three cheers for James Buchanan our next President Although I was a warm supporter of Fremont and Fillmore would have been my next choice, yet I consider it the duty of every citizen to yield to the opinion of the majority, and govern himself accordingly.", stamp is closely trimmed, tear on backflap, Very Fine. Partial of the content described.
Estimate $100-120.
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