Own an identifiable piece of handwritten American presidential history.This 2025 A Word From The President card contains the authentic handwritten word “of” personally written by Andrew Johnson the future 17th President of the United States.What makes this example especially interesting is that the original source document for the handwritten word has been identified.The word was taken from an extensive handwritten political letter written by Andrew Johnson in Washington City on February 9 1851 to his friend and political confidant Major Sam Milligan.The original letter was marked “Confidential” and concerned Johnson’s political situation in Tennessee including his coming congressional contest with Landon Carter Haynes.Johnson discusses campaign strategy political alliances his desire to remain in Congress and his efforts to determine and influence political support. At one point Johnson explains that he had deliberately written another political letter “to have a certain effect” and believed that it would accomplish its intended purpose.Later in the letter Johnson becomes particularly forceful regarding Haynes writing the Latin phrase “Delenda est Carthago” — historically meaning “Carthage must be destroyed” — before declaring that Haynes “must be defeated.”The exact handwritten word “of” contained in this card can be located within the surviving manuscript itself in Johnson’s discussion of the political contest and the possible “nomination of a third candidate.”The original eight-page manuscript was authenticated by Beckett Authentication Services and provides exceptional provenance for the handwritten material used in this card.Johnson wrote the letter approximately 14 years before becoming President of the United States in 1865.Card: 2025 A Word From The PresidentPresident: Andrew JohnsonCard Number: AWF-AJ17Relic: Authentic handwritten word “of”Source: Andrew Johnson handwritten political correspondenceDate of source document: February 9 1851Location written: Washington CityRecipient: Major Sam MilliganThis is not a printed facsimile of Johnson’s handwriting. The card contains an actual piece of an original handwritten Andrew Johnson manuscript.A fascinating collectible combining presidential history political history and an identifiable surviving piece of Andrew Johnson’s handwriting.
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