WILLIAM CABELL RIVES Senator Minister to France -1859 Autograph Letter Signed

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1 pg. letter, approx. 7-7/8" x 9-3/4, datelined
"Castle Hill, 23 Nov. 1859"
, from William Cabell Rives, to his son, William Cabell Rives Jr. at Boston, Mass.
Castle Hill
was the 600 acre plantation and residence of Wm. Cabell Rives, located in Albemarle County, Va., near Monticello and Charlottesville.
A scarce autograph letter signed (ALS) of
WILLIAM CABELL RIVES
, (1793-1868), Virginia planter, politician and diplomat, who served in both the U.S. and Confederate Congresses. Educated at Hampden-Sidney and William and Mary Colleges, studied law with Thomas Jefferson at Monticello; Member of the Va. House of Delegates, 1817-1820 and 1822-1823; In
U.S. Congress
, 1823-1829;
U.S. Senate
, 1832-1834, 1836-1839 and 1841-1845;
U.S. Minister to France
, 1829-1833 and 1849-1853; Member of the Peace Commission at Washington DC in 1861 which met in an effort to prevent the Civil War; Delegate from Va. to the
Provisional Confederate Congress,
1861-1862 and Member of the
Confederate Congress
, 1864-1865. Author of several books.
The letter is to his son, William C. Rives, Jr., (1825-1889), a planter and lawyer, Harvard graduate, died in Boston.
Good content in which Rives sends this letter by his daughter, Amelia Rives Sigourney (1832-1873), along with a copy of his book, which he had specially bound with gilt edges in Boston - likely the first volume of his "Life and Times of James Madison (4 Volumes, Boston, 1859-1868).
The letter reads:
My dear son,
I send you by Amelia a copy of my book, which I had bound, with gilt edges, for you in Boston. I am sorry that the lettering, confined to a small space on the book, has been rubbed, owing to bad packing; but Messrs. Little, Brown & Co., by whom the binding was done, will have it repaired for you, with very little trouble.
I enclose herewith your certificate of stock in the B. & O. R.R. Co., on which I received the dividend, as you desired.
With best love to Grace & the children, very truly & affectionately yours,
W. C. Rives"
Very Fine.
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