AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS & MANUSCRIPTS
By International Autograph Auctions
Contact auction house
Dec 3, 2021
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, Spain
Terms of sale
View demo
The auction has ended
|
LOT 1465:
DALLAS GEORGE M.: (1792-1864) American Politician and Diplomat, Vice President of the United States 1845-49 and ...
more...
|
|
|
Sold for: €200
Start price:
€
200
Estimated price :
€200 - €300
Buyer's Premium: 25.5%
VAT: 17%
On commission only
Users from foreign countries may be exempted from tax payments, according to the relevant tax regulations
|
DALLAS GEORGE M.: (1792-1864) American Politician and Diplomat, Vice President of the United States 1845-49 and United States Minister to the United Kingdom 1856-61. Dallas County in Texas, as well as a number of other American counties, cities and towns, was named in his honour. A.L.S., G. M. Dallas, one page, small 4to, London, 6th July 1856, to a gentleman, marked 'Private'. Dallas writes, in full, 'Agreeably to your request, I send you a sketch (no longer present) of the ideas which occupied my mind at Mr. Peabody's 4th of July dinner. As to the language in which they were uttered, it has escaped my memory as rapidly as it did my lips'. With an ink annotation in an unidentified hand to the upper edge. Some very light age wear, otherwise VG The American financier and philanthropist George Peabody (1795-1869) had taken up permanent residence in London in 1837 and became known for the Anglo-American dinners he hosted, as well as those in celebration of the Fourth of July, Independence Day.
