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D 1817 ANDREW JACKSON SECRETARIAL
SIGNATURE ON SLAVERY DOCUMENT ........... PH $600-800

Manuscript letter signed ‘Andrew Jackson’ by secretarial hand,
2 pages (7"x9"), Miltons Bluff, TN, Dec 25, 1817, written to
James Jackson, Jr. of Nashville, concerning planned purchase
of a slave named ‘Dick’ who was also the carrier of the letter.
Despite being secretarial, this is a superb slavery piece
concerning Andrew Jackson. Marginal wear, fold separations
mended with paper tape, minor losses affecting text. Fair.
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D 1819 ANDREW JACKSON, 4 WORDS IN
JACKSON’S HAND ............................................. PH $750-1000

Jackson dockets receipt for $5 ‘for Servisses through the Sholes’
piloting his boat through Muscle Shoals, most probably laden
with cotton and/or corn grown on his Alabama plantation.
Manuscript document is one page, 7”x4" [Melton’s Bluff,
Alabama], March 1, 1819, on laid paper. The document, in
full, ‘Recd of William W. Crawford five Dollars in full for my
Servisses through the Sholes.’ Signed ‘Robert Brashers.’ On
verso, darkly penned by Andrew Jackson: ‘No 4 - / Robt.
Brashears / $5.’ The word ‘Recpt’ is in another hand.
(University Archives LOA)
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D 1840 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION POLL BOOK
WITH ABRAHAM LINCOLN ............................. PH $5000-7000

D 1819 ANDREW JACKSON, 5 WORDS IN
JACKSON’S HAND ............................................. PH $750-1000

Jackson dockets a receipt ‘for the use of a boate from Meltons
Bluff to the mouth of Cypress.’ Jackson used those boats to
transport cotton and corn grown at his Alabama plantation.
Manuscript document is one page (8"x3½”) [Melton’s Bluff,
Alabama], Feb 17, 1819. Two ink blots do not affect legibility.
Five-word docket by Jackson on verso, On laid paper.
Document reads in full, ‘Recd of Wm. W. Crawford twenty
Dollars in full for the use of a boate from Meltons Bluff to the
mouth of Cypress,’ Signed ‘Buddy W. Wheeler.’ On verso,
darkly penned by Andrew Jackson: ‘No 5 / Wheelers - / -Boat/ $20.’ The word ‘Recept’ is written in another hand.
Accompanied by University Archives LOA.

Saint Louis, Missouri

Autographs 07.pmd

Entire poll book for the election of 1840 from ‘Dewit’ [sic]
County, Illinois, held in ‘Wainsville’ [sic]. Ten page folio with
additional 10 blank leaves, docketed with additional page
addressed to County clerk, apparently complete with tally page.
Prior to his election as President in 1860, Lincoln was a
determined party functionary, actively campaigning for Whig
Presidential candidates in every general election from 1840 to
1856. This was his first attempt to be elected an Elector from
Sangamon County, a position that always eluded him. His name
appears in manuscript on each page with column for tallies.
Unusual to find an intact poll book; a rare relic from Abraham
Lincoln’s early political days. (University Archives LOA).

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