AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, DATED AT HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 14 DECEMBER 1836, TO COL. RHEY FRAZER OF LANCASTER, REPORTING THE PENNSYLVANIA SENATE'S ELECTION OF JAMES BUCHANAN TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE: "DR SIR, THE ELECTION FOR U.S. SENATE HAS JUST TERMINED [ON FIRST BALLOT] AS FOLLOWS "JAMES BUCHANAN HAD 84 VOTES "THOMAS M.T. MCKENNAN 24 "CHARLES R. PENROSE 21 "ISAAC LEET 1 "THOS CUNNINGHAM 1 " 132 "RESPECTFULLY YOURS DAVID R. PORTER ONE O'CLOCK P.M."
Lancaster, Pennsylvania: December 14, 1836. Folio sheet, folded to 7-3/4" x 10". Written in ink manuscript on first page, two inner pages blank, addressed and docketed on page [4]. Postal rubberstamp [Harrisburg] with "PAID" free frank of Porter as State Senator. Old folds, wax seal remnant and small tear of..... More