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William H. Taft Autograph Letter Signed "Bill"....
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William H. Taft Autograph Letter Signed "Bill". One page on his personal letterhead, 8" x 10.5", "Ritz Carlton Hotel / Montreal / July 3rd 1921." A letter to his close friend and Yale classmate Clarence Kelsey sending news of his recent confirmation as Supreme Court Chief Justice. In part: "It has come more quickly that I supposed it would and the confirmation without reference to a committee was quite unexpected and gratifying. If you had to have opposition whose would you rather have than Borah's, Johnson's, Lafollete's and Tom Watson's. They make a pleasant quartette..."President Warren Harding named Taft on June 20, 1921 to replace Edward Douglass White. He was confirmed by the Senate the very same day, 61 in favor, and only 4 objections. He was sworn in on July 11, and to date is the only person to serve both as president and chief justice. Ex. Estate of Malcolm S. Forbes.
Condition: Flattened folds, with stray ink stains. Light age-toning.
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2019 May 14 Historical Manuscripts Grand Format Auction - Dallas #6210 (go to Auction Home page)
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