Fine Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
Thu, Oct 20, 2022 12:00PM EDT
Lot 219
TAFT, William Howard (1857?1930). Pair of typed letters sig...
Estimate: $200 - $300
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TAFT, William Howard (1857?1930). Pair of typed letters signed (?Wm. H. Taft?). The first letter (1pp. on bifolium), dated 21 September 1912, is on official White House stationery and addressed to Charles A. Ricks of the G.C. Kuhlman Car Company. Taft explains that he does not know who will be appointed to the vacancies occurring in the brigadier?generalships in the fall and winter of 1912 and 1913. Includes original envelope with canceled stamps. The second letter (1pp. on bifolium), dated 20 March 1917, is on Taft?s official stationery and addressed to John Phelps with a single hand?correction. Taft writes that he has transmitted the letters to his brother, Charles P. Taft, that his father refers as he ?may be interested in the genealogy?.
