One page autograph letter signed to Nicholas Biddle concerning an election

by Mathew Carey

$425 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

Signed

Philadelphia: January 6, 1817. 4to, 12 lines, approx. 75 words; integral leaf attached with Biddle's Harrisburg address on the verso; previous folds; very good. The publisher Mathew Carey writes to Nicholas Biddle in Harrisburg, and the letter is marked Private. As the period of the election approaches, I feel desirous of knowing the probable issue, as far as it can be ascertained ... I shall therefore regard it as a particular favor if you will inform me

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