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EDWARD EVERETT, Autograph Note, 1857

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Signature by Edward Everett & His Brother A.H. Everett

EDWARD EVERETT, American Orator and Statesman, & ALEXANDER HILL EVERETT, Diplomat and Writer.
Autograph Note: "Written for M.L.T. Grant by Edward Everett, Boston 7 March 1857," in brown ink on sheet 4.25" x 4.5", mounted to a page from an autograph album, 7.25" x 4.75", Choice Fine. Nice, large signature by Everett. Sheet is stained, but the signature is unaffected. Accompanied by a mounted note by his brother, "A.H. Everett", who declines an invitation: "Mr. A.H. Everett regrets that a previous engagement for this evening will deprive him of the pleasure of accepting Mr. Walker's polite [invitation]. Newton Jan 31, 1837." Rare opportunity to own signatures by these diplomatic brothers from Massachusetts. (2 items)

Edward Everett (1794-1865) was the Vice-Presidential candidate to run with John Bell on the Constitutional Union ticket against Lincoln in 1860, a Secretary of State, Massachusetts Senator and Governor, the great public speaker shared the platform with Lincoln at Gettysburg on November 19, 1863. His brother, Alexander (1790-1847), studied law in the office of John Quincy Adams, accompanied Adams to Russia in 1809, and was Minister to Spain. He was also Commissioner to the Empire of China, and a writer.

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