FILLMORE, Millard (1800-1874), President . Autograph letter signed ("Millard Fillmore") as Congressman, to Ephraim Goss, Albany, 1 September 1839. 1 2/3 pages, 4to (9 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.), integral address leaf , in very fine condition.
FILLMORE, Millard (1800-1874), President . Autograph letter signed ("Millard Fillmore") as Congressman, to Ephraim Goss, Albany, 1 September 1839. 1 2/3 pages, 4to (9 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.), integral address leaf , in very fine condition. CRITICIZING PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS HARRISON AND CLAY: "THE DOOM OF WHIGGERY IS SEALED FOREVER" A cordial letter in which Fillmore candidly assesses Whig presidential hopefuls in the election of 1840. Writing to future New York State Senator Goss, Fillmore considers several local political issues before critically surveying the upcoming presidential campaign: "There seems to be a very general conviction here that [Henry] Clay ought not, and can not be our candidate for the Presidency. The elections in Tennessee and Indiana have brushed the scales from the eyes of his most blind and enthusiastic advisors and supporters. The only thing to be apprehended is that they have seen their errors too late..." The most likely scenario, he predicts, "is that Clay and [William Henry] Harrison will both be dropped and [Winfield] Scott taken up. Either his name will run like a prairie fire or the nomination will fall still born from the convention." If Scott is the nomineee, Fillmore writes, "the doom of whiggery is sealed forever, and we may as well at once bow our necks to the galling and servile yoke of loco focoism . But my note is not to despair of the Republic." Forbes Collection, Part I, Christie's New York, Mar 27, 2002, lot 72.
FILLMORE, Millard (1800-1874), President . Autograph letter signed ("Millard Fillmore") as Congressman, to Ephraim Goss, Albany, 1 September 1839. 1 2/3 pages, 4to (9 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.), integral address leaf , in very fine condition.
FILLMORE, Millard (1800-1874), President . Autograph letter signed ("Millard Fillmore") as Congressman, to Ephraim Goss, Albany, 1 September 1839. 1 2/3 pages, 4to (9 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.), integral address leaf , in very fine condition. CRITICIZING PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS HARRISON AND CLAY: "THE DOOM OF WHIGGERY IS SEALED FOREVER" A cordial letter in which Fillmore candidly assesses Whig presidential hopefuls in the election of 1840. Writing to future New York State Senator Goss, Fillmore considers several local political issues before critically surveying the upcoming presidential campaign: "There seems to be a very general conviction here that [Henry] Clay ought not, and can not be our candidate for the Presidency. The elections in Tennessee and Indiana have brushed the scales from the eyes of his most blind and enthusiastic advisors and supporters. The only thing to be apprehended is that they have seen their errors too late..." The most likely scenario, he predicts, "is that Clay and [William Henry] Harrison will both be dropped and [Winfield] Scott taken up. Either his name will run like a prairie fire or the nomination will fall still born from the convention." If Scott is the nomineee, Fillmore writes, "the doom of whiggery is sealed forever, and we may as well at once bow our necks to the galling and servile yoke of loco focoism . But my note is not to despair of the Republic." Forbes Collection, Part I, Christie's New York, Mar 27, 2002, lot 72.
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