[Rarebooks] FS: Two letters by the other guy at Gettysburg

[Charles Agvent]

EVERETT, Edward. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS). . Two-page letter 
written as governor of Massachusetts dated 13 December 1836, 
Charlestown, Mass., on both sides of a 7-7/8" x 9-7/8" sheet. Regarding 
an appointment sought by the man he is writing to, addressed here as 
"Sir" but known to be John Davis. Everett also asks Davis's advice on 
how to spend some surplus revenue. Edward Everett--a Unitarian minister 
and member of both the United States Congress and Senate in addition to 
being governor of Massachusetts--is perhaps best known for his oratory 
powers. It is he who gave the "other" address at Gettysburg on 19 
November 1863. The next day he wrote Lincoln saying, "I should be glad 
if I could flatter myself that I came as near the central idea of the 
occasion in two hours as you did in two minutes." Creases from folding; 
otherwise Fine. (#010207)        $250.00

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EVERETT, Edward. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS). . One-page letter to the 
Honorable John Davis, former governor of Massachusetts and United States 
senator at the date of this letter: 11 August 1848. On an integral sheet 
is Everett's SIGNATURE with a Cambridge postmark, red wax seal, and a 
free frank in the form of a stamp of the word "FREE" with "Free" written 
by Everett over that. Everett writes regarding a memorial presented to 
the Senate by Davis for his sister Mrs. A. H. Everett. Creases from 
folding; otherwise Fine. (#010195)        $350.00

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