Autograph letter signed ("Jno. Pierpont"), in verse, to S. B. Harrington, Washington D. C.
9 May 1865. Oblong 8vo (5 x 8.25 inches), on yellow paper tipped at upper corners to old mount. An amusing rhymed note from the poet John Pierpont (1785-1866), the maternal grandfather of the financier J. Pierpont Morgan: "You ask for my name 'written under a note' But I'm sure.....