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Lewis Cass autographed handwritten letter (ALS), written while serving as U.S. Secretary of State, dated July 29, 1859, and addressed to President James Buchanan. In this letter, Cass formally introduces Mr. Daniels to the president, presenting him as a respectable and worthy individual and facilitating his consideration or reception.

The letter illustrates the customary role of Cabinet officers as intermediaries, using personal correspondence to introduce individuals to the president during the final years of the Buchanan administration.

Fine condition.

Lewis Cass (1782–1866) was a prominent American statesman who served as Governor of the Michigan Territory, U.S. Senator, Secretary of War under Andrew Jackson, and Secretary of State under President James Buchanan. A leading advocate of popular sovereignty, Cass played a central role in antebellum political discourse and was the Democratic nominee for president in 1848. His long public career spanned the Jacksonian era through the immediate pre–Civil War period, making his autograph material particularly significant to collectors of early American political history.

A scarce and historically resonant Cabinet-level autograph addressed directly to a sitting U.S. president—an exceptional example of high-level executive correspondence from the closing chapter of the antebellum United States.

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