1803 NATHAN SANFORD ALS to Ogden Edwards Re FEVER

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1803 "Nathan Sanford"Autograph Letter Signed to Ogden Edwards Regarding... "three or four deaths of the fever."
NATHAN SANFORD (1777-1838). American Politician and American Senator from New York, a leader of the Tammany faction of the Jeffersonian Republican party, in 1830 he presented a Report on the Currency leading to legislation.
August 3, 1803-Dated, Autograph Letter Signed, "Nathan Sanford", 8" x 9.75", 1 page, New York, Fine. Sanford writes to Ogden Edwards, Chancellor and Chief Justice, in full: "Since I saw you on Monday there have been three or four deaths of the fever. As far as I have heard there is not a single case of it at present; and the alarm is I believe less than it was on Monday. I will write to you again on Friday." Transmittal folds, toning, some wrinkles, boldly well written in rich brown on wove period paper having an excellent vivid signature "Nathan Sanford." Lot includes a full transcription page. (2 items)
NATHAN SANFORD (1777-1838) was born on November 5, 1777 at Bridgehampton, Long Island, New York, United States. He was descended from Robert Sanford, an early settler of Hartford, Connecticut, through his son Ezekiel, who was one of the first settlers of eastern Long Island. The son of Thomas Sanford and his wife Phebe (Baker), widow of Theophilus Howell.
He received his early education at Clinton Academy, Easthampton, and at Yale, although he did not graduate. In New York City he studied law in the office of the elder Samuel Jones.
He was admitted to the bar in 1799. In 1802 he became a leader of the Tammany faction of the Jeffersonian Republican party and during the next twenty-nine years was almost continuously in public office. He was United States commissioner of bankruptcy in 1802, and from 1803 to 1815 held the lucrative post of United States attorney for the district of New York, from which he was thought to have derived $100, 000 annually in fees (The Diary of Philip Hone, 1927, ed. by Allan Nevins, II, 526).
He was a member of the assembly in 1808-09 and 1811, being speaker in 1811 until forced to retire on account of illness, was state senator, 1812-15, and United States senator, 1815-21. Though a candidate for reelection to the Senate he was thrust aside by his party in favor of Van Buren.
On the retirement of James Kent, Aug. 1, 1823, he became chancellor and served until Jan. 24, 1826. He was an unsuccessful candidate for vice-president in 1824, and two years later once more became United States senator, serving from Jan. 31, 1826, to Mar. 3, 1831.
In 1830 he presented a Report on the currency (Register of Debates in Congress, vol. VII) which was the basis of subsequent legislation.