2 pages, 7 15/16 x 9 7/8 in., creased, with some small separations to creases and toning/soiling. Docketed recto. 

Livingston, likely during his singular term as the 46th mayor of New York, first discusses finances, and then congratulates his recipient on the "[indecipherable] of public prosperity presented to us in the Presidents Message," presumably speaking of President Thomas Jefferson’s 8 December 1801 State of the Union message to Congress. He continues, "The effect of this paper will be prodigious here & almost incredible in Europe the contrast must strike the most unobserving - & I should not be surprised to find it the ground work of a Revolution in England."

Edward Livingston is likely most remembered for his part in drafting the Louisiana Civil Code of 1825, and for serving as the United States Secretary of State from 1831-1832. He was also elected to Congress, representing both New York and Louisiana at different times. He was the United States Minister to France under President Andrew Jackson from 1833-1835.