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Walker, R. [Robert J.]

[Autograph Letter Signed] R. Walker to A.D. Bache concerning Newport & Rhode Island.

New York: 1852. 1 sheet. 4.5 x 7.5 inches. Very good, folded, faint soiling, contents crisp. Item #44214

Nov. 12, 1852. Robert J. Walker wrote to Alexander Dallas Bache from Irving House in New York, commenting on the "triumph of Democracy" in Rhode Island, referring to the just held presidential elections, in which the democratic candidate, Franklin Pierce won,and the status of the Newport and Glasgow steamers.

"Irving House-New York-Nov. 12, 1852
Dear Dallas,
My health improves rapidly, and in ten days I will be able to start for Princeton and Washington. Congratulate dear Evey [Nancy Clarke Fowler Bache, wife of A.D. Bache] on the triumph of democracy in R. Island. Little Rhody has covered herself with glory - now for the Massachusetts steamers for Newport- they are building one of iron 600 feet long in Glasgow for the Australia trade. It could enter none of our harbors except Newport. We are all well... R. Walker."

Robert John Walker (1801-1869), lawyer, economist, Senator from Mississippi (1835-1845) when Bache was confirmed, Secretary of the Treasury (1845-1849) during the administration of President James K. Polk, and later Territorial Governor of Kansas (1857). He was married to Bache's sister.

Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was an American physicist and surveyor who was appointed Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey in 1843.

Price: $150.00