Lot 27
Fillmore, Millard. Autograph letter signed, 2pp (recto/verso) with integral blank leaf, 7¾ x 5", Buffalo, N.Y., Oct. 8, 1856. Marked "Private." The ex-President writes "in great haste" to W.L. Hodge, regarding a requested endorsement for a Mr. and Mrs. Curtis: " ….I hardly know what to say in reply to your application for a letter for Mr. & Mrs. Curtis to Europe. I know a Mr. & Mrs. Curtis slightly for having met them at N. York and Washington. They were both pleasant genteel people…especially Mr. C…but I do not know his given name, nor whether he is the gentleman to whom you allude, and even if I did, I have not sufficient knowledge of his business, talents, or character to give him a letter which would be of any use in negotiating a loan.But if they be the persons whom I have met I should be very happy to oblige them and…I will most cheerfully endorse any letter which Mr. Brown or Mr. Palmer, bankers, may give them. I do not see how I can do more but I wish I could." A great example of presidential double-speak.
Estimated Value $1,800 - 2,200.
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