Letter Signed, Philadelphia, January 4, 1848, to E. F. Purdy, New York, Declining an Invitation to Address the Tammany Society and Discussing Andrew Jackson

Manuscript. Very Good. one page quarto, folded, in very good clean condition. Richard Vaux, (1816-1895), lawyer, congressmen, penologist, writes to Purdy declining an invitation to address the Tammany Society or Columbian Order, at the celebration of the "Eighth of January", and he also writes extolling the virtues of Andrew Jackson: "Our country will ever remain under an enduring and unrepudiatable debt of gratitude to Andrew Jackson. As a soldier - the anniversary of the memorable day you are about to celebrate, annually gives fresh color to the undying laurels which victory has placed upon his name. As a statesman - his politicks principals and policy will continue to be regarded as sacred a legacy as was ever bequeathed to this nation . As a man - his character has lost nothing by comparison with that of any who have adorned this age. As a Christian - the closing scenes of his eventful life have testified that he was among the "pure in heart" to whom the promise was vouchsafe that they "should see God ." .., Andrew Jackson his victory and his veto, the one made him immortal as a soldier, the other as a democrat. " See Dictionary of American Biography, Volume X, page 238-239 for further information on Vaux.