1833 U.S. Dept of State Letter from Sec. of State McLane to Edward Livingston For Sale

This is a highly significant, original 19th-century American diplomatic document. The letter is dated August 9th, 1833. It is a formal State Department instruction sent directly from U.S. Secretary of State Louis McLane to Edward Livingston, the newly appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to France. The document is marked as a \"Copy\" at the top left, which was standard practice during this era so that diplomats could maintain a duplicate record book of their correspondence. Department of State Washington, August 9th, 1833 To Edward Livingston, Esqr. Appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to France. Sir, The President having appointed Mr. Daniel Brent Consul and agent of claims of the United States, at Paris, in the place of Mr. Isaac Cox Barnet, deceased, the Salary attached to the last-mentioned office is to be henceforward resumed with the arrival of Mr. Brent at his post, which may not be for some months after you reach Paris; and you will abstain...(Page 2)...yourself from authorising the payment of any portion of the fund, applicable to that object, to any other person, and give notice in the proper quarter, if necessary, to forbear any payments till that time. I am, Sir, Very respectfully Your obedient Servant, (Signed) Louis McLane. Louis McLane (The Signer): Served as U.S. Secretary of State under President Andrew Jackson from May 1833 to June 1834. He wrote this instruction right after taking office. Edward Livingston (The Recipient): A legendary American jurist and statesman. He preceded McLane as Secretary of State before President Jackson sent him to France as the lead U.S. diplomat to resolve the high-stakes French spoliation claims stemming from the Napoleonic Wars