Autograph Letter Signed Washington Irving , to Aaron Vail Esq. Chargé d'affaires of the U.S. in Madrid
$600 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller
1 page. 4to. Old folds. Item #305638 Irving writes to a subordinate in Madrid regarding consular business while he was en route there as U.S. Minister to Spain, an office he held from 1842-1846. In part: I have received a letter from Mr. William Henry Freeman recently appointed consult of the United States at Cuba ... I will thank you to take the neccessary steps ... to forward his commission to him at his post....
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