Lot 28
Millard Fillmore Gives His Opinion of Webster's Dictionary. Autograph letter signed, 1page, 7 x 4¼", Buffalo, Nov. 23, 1853. Written six months after his presidential term ended, to M. D. Phillips of Rochester: " In reply to your letter of inquiry about Webster's Dictionary I would say that I consider its chief merit to consist in its enlarged number of words and its accuracy of definitions, but it is my standard and I seek no better for orthography and orthoepy." Fine condition. Fillmore had little formal education but was an autodidact. Orthography is the art or technique of correct spelling; orthoepy is the study of correct pronunciation.
Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,500.
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