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Auction: 284 - Bond, Share & Americana Mailbid & Internet Exclusive
Lot: 732

Clinton, DeWitt American politician (1769-1828); Governor of NY; US Senator; Mayor of New York City; father of the Erie Canal. Late ALS "DeWitt Cinton," while governor, 1/3p, 4to, Albany, 8/22/1827. To Dr. Smith of Lockport, he sends a request for "David Cusick´s History of the five Nations, printed at Lewiston...Send me two sets." Seal tear and partial sepsaration at right, overall VG. Cusick´s first version of Sketches of Ancient History of the Six Nations (which Clinton misidentifies) had been published earlier that year. It is the first such history written by a Native American in English. Estimate US$ 100-150

Estimate
$100 to $150