11-21-200411-21-2004
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2256Boston
November 21, 2004 11:00 AMCalender
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(U. S. Presidents)

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Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2256Location: BostonDate / Time: November 21, 2004 11:00AM

Description:

(U. S. Presidents), Three articles, first, James Garfield, autograph letter signed, June 25th, 1880, two pages, to Governor John Long, thanking him for a telegram and positive encouragement, (loss upper left corner); second, Rutherford B. Hays, autograph letter signed, two pages, as President, to Governor John Long, responding to a letter of complaint sent to him by Long which references a report of the Secretary of the Interior, "my attention...was too late to repair the wrong without the action of Congress," (three losses on second page); third, William McKinley, autograph letter signed, one page, January 25th, 1896, to Governor Long, concerning his upcoming appointment as Secretary of the Navy, (blank leaf torn); together with two autograph letters, one from Lyman Gage, the other George Boutwell.
Estimate $1,500-2,000

Keywords

John Long, Rutherford B. Hays, James Garfield, Secretary of the Interior, President , William McKinley, Secretary , Congress, George Boutwell