1 page, 5 x 8 in., creased, with wear to left edge. On "Office of the Tribune" letterhead. Addressed to James Graham, Esq. 

In the month after the Confederate surrender at Appomattox and the assassination of President Lincoln, Greeley conveys that he has recommended Graham to New York Governor Reuben Fenton for appointment to an unspecified position.  He notes the political aftermath of Lincoln's death in closing: "I hope for better times politically, but the sky is clouded. I cannot see the end, but I have faith."

Horace Greeley (1811-1872) was the founder and editor of the influential Republican and abolitionist newspaper New York Tribune, and 1872 Liberal Republican nominee for president. He was defeated in that election and died the same year.