Sold – Scarce ALS of Franklin Pierce as President, During the Kansas-Nebraska Controversy, Asking a Political Ally to Meet With Him at the White House
Samuel Baldwin was the influencial publisher of the newspaper The New Hampshire Democrat, and an officeholder in his state. He was also a friend of Franklin Pierce, who consulted with him on political matters. Autograph Letter Signed as President, Washington, August 10, 1854, to Baldwin, who was visiting the nation’s capital. “Will...
Samuel Baldwin was the influencial publisher of the newspaper The New Hampshire Democrat, and an officeholder in his state. He was also a friend of Franklin Pierce, who consulted with him on political matters. Autograph Letter Signed as President, Washington, August 10, 1854, to Baldwin, who was visiting the nation’s capital. “Will you call me a moment on the receipt of this.”
A few months earlier the Kansas-Nebraska Act had been passed, and Kansas was exploding over the slavery question. On July 6, the Republican Party was formed in Wisconsin by a group of anti-slavery politicians, and the nativist American Party was growing rapidly. Surely these political issues were on Pierce's mind in calling what was apparently an emergency meeting with Baldwin.
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