Zachary Taylor Autograph Letter Signed

War-dated ALS signed â€Å“Z. Taylor,â€Â one page both sides, 5 x 7.75, June 3, 1847. Bold handwritten letter to his son-in-law, Dr. Robert C. Wood, at the U.S. Army barracks in New Orleans, written from "Camp near Monterey Mexico." In part: "I wrote you a few days since at considerable length, since when nothing of interest has taken place not having had a word from Gen'l Scott's column nor of moment from any other quarter; not having had a mail since I wrote from the East. On the subject of the draftâ€Â¦looking over my papers in relation to it, I find the mistake respecting the same, was owing to my own absence; as I mentioned to you, I got two sets of drafts in duplicateâ€Â¦one for 500 dollars in your favor, the other for 400 in favor of Mrs. Taylor. They were handed me in the night quite late, & put up in a great hurry for Dr. Hitchcock to take charge ofâ€Â¦I now find that I inclosed to you, one for 4 hundred & the duplicate or original for a like sum to Mrs. T. I find I have both the original & duplicate in my papers for the 5 hundred, the first, the original, for five is now forwardedâ€Â¦Nothing as yet from Jarvis we do not know whether or not he has reached the Rio Grande—My love to Ann & the children." In fine condition.

At this time, Taylor was commanding troops in Mexico amidst the Mexican-American War, and had just successfully driven off Santa Anna's larger army at the Battle of Buena Vista in February. Taylor remained at Monterrey until late November, when he sailed for home and was received with a hero's welcome at New Orleans.