Sale 21BP03 | Lot 54

TAFT, WILLIAM HOWARD Typed letter signed.

Catalogue: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
TAFT, WILLIAM HOWARD  Typed letter signed.

Lot Details

Lot 54
TAFT, WILLIAM HOWARD Typed letter signed.
New Haven: 28 May 1916. One page typed letter signed "Wm. H. Taft" on one sheet of his stationery, 8 1/2 x 6 inches (22 x 16 cm); framed with a portrait. Folds, fine, unexamined out of frame, with a certificate of authenticity from JG Autographs.

Taft here writes to John Wesley Hill in New York reporting that he requires money to settle a debt after "my chauffeur ran into a coupe and a horse, and so injured the horse that it had to be killed, and shook up the driver. I have arbitrated the matter..."


Estimate: $400 - $600
Sold for $252 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $400 - $600
Sold for $252 (includes buyer's premium)

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