Andrew Jackson A.L.S. as President 1p. sm. 4to., Washington, Nov. 6, 1829 to his Secretary of the Navy. Jackson pens a worn letter of recommendation for potential midshipman Samuel P. Walker. In part: .. he has been well recommended to me as a youth of great merit, & much promise, and great interest has been manifested by many of the good citizens of this place... I therefore recommend him to your notice . A few clean fold splits professionally repaired on verso, folds with some soiling, one chip at extreme top margin far from text.