WEED, Thurlow (1797–1882). Autograph letter signed, New York, June 3, 1861, with identified portrait.

One page, small octavo, written in ink: “I comply cheerfully with your request.” Signed Thurlow Weed. Accompanied by a contemporary albumen portrait mounted to card, captioned in period ink “Hon. Thurlow Weed — Editor.” Civil War–dated example of the influential New York political editor and ally of Seward and Lincoln.

Condition: light age toning and album mounting traces; legible and well preserved.

Thurlow Weed
(1797–1882), the powerful New York political journalist and king-maker — one of the architects of the Whig Party and later a major Republican strategist and ally of Seward and Lincoln.