Original Autograph Letter, Signed: Sam Houston to Edward G. W. Butler, dated at Nashville, March 23, [1824], privately carried by John C. Calhoun to Butler in Washington; 3 pp., 4to. A warm and sociable letter mentioning mutual friends, including Andrew Jackson, and romantic interests, concluding with commentary on Jackson's presidential aspirations

The paper toned and rather brittle, with separations along the folds. Loss at upper corner of first leaf, including the date, and of a few words along the edge of the second leaf