{"product_id":"1832-four-page-letter-from-zachary-taylor","title":"1832 Four Page Letter From Zachary Taylor","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a handwritten letter from Zachary Taylor, the 12th President of the United States, written during his military service before his presidency. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLetter Identification\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Zachary Taylor, then a Colonel in the 1st Regiment of U.S. Infantry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecipient: His brother, Hancock Taylor, in Louisville, Kentucky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLocation: Sent from Prairie du Chien (Fort Crawford), in present-day Wisconsin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDate Context: The letter mentions the \"month of October\" and the quietness of the \"Indians in our vicinity,\" likely placing it in the early 1830s, around the time of the Black Hawk War (1832). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKey Content Highlights\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeather and Location: Taylor remarks on the \"finest fall\" experienced in these latitudes and notes that Prairie du Chien is an \"out of the way place.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRegional Stability: He reports that the local Native American tribes are \"quiet\" and expects them to remain so for a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFamily News: He mentions that \"Peggy\" (his wife, Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor) is \"about, but not in very good health\" and sends wishes to the extended family in Kentucky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinancial Notations: The document contains several handwritten arithmetic calculations and monetary figures (e.g., \"$4.66,\" \"6900.00\"), likely related to personal business or plantation management. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistorical Significance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHandwritten letters from this period of Taylor's life are valuable historical artifacts. They provide a personal look at a future president's military career on the American frontier and his close ties to his family and plantations in the South\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton Audubon Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51779806101786,"sku":"EB-327025985880","price":5750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2221\/0931\/files\/57_6e7d8de3-4c17-4733-8b8c-d285bdbe5f7c.jpg?v=1772543884","url":"https:\/\/www.princetonaudubonprints.com\/products\/1832-four-page-letter-from-zachary-taylor","provider":"Signature Documents LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}