Lewis Cass

Lewis Cass. ALS, one page, 5 x 7.25", Detroit, August 18, 1863. Untranslated handwritten letter signed “L. Cass.” Written on ruled paper and addressed to a correspondent, with full signature at the conclusion. In fine condition, with light toning and expected mailing folds.

Lewis Cass (October 9, 1782 – June 17, 1866) was a United States Army officer and politician. He represented Michigan in the United States Senate and served in the Cabinets of two U.S. Presidents, Andrew Jackson and James Buchanan. He was also the 1848 Democratic presidential nominee. A slave owner himself, he was a leading spokesman for the doctrine of popular sovereignty, which at the time held the idea that people in each U.S state should have the right to decide whether to permit slavery as a matter of states' rights.

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