1815 Matthew L. Davis, Tammany Hall Political Machine, Publisher & Aaron Burr Biographer, ALS

1815 Matthew L. Davis, Autograph Financial Investments Letter, Aaron Burr Biographer, At Duel Matthew L. Davis (1766-1850), prosperous printer & writer, friend & biographer of Aaron Burr..  Signed letter to G.A. Worth, Cashier, Farmer's and Mechanics' Bank, Albany, NY, includes directions regarding his interest incomes and his Treasury notes.  Includes a slip written in 1839 noting his authorship of works on Burr. A friend and admirer of Aaron Burr, Davis was present at the duel between Burr and Alexander Hamilton, after which he went to jail rather than testify against his friend. Davis's career in journalism began with the short-lived New York "Evening Post" in 1794; in 1797-98 he was associated with Philip Freneau on the "Time Piece and Literary Companion." Many of Burr's private papers were left to Davis; he published "Memoirs of Aaron Burr" and "The Private Journal of Aaron Burr." For many years he wrote letters from the national capital to the New York " Courier and Enqui