ASSOCIATE JUSTICE DAVID D. DAVIS - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 07/24/1867 - HFSID 46880
Sale Price $360.00
Reg. $400.00
DAVID DAVIS
Justice Davis responds to a request in 1867
Autograph Letter Signed: "David Davis/Asso Jus. SC of U.S."
as Associate Justice, 1p, 5x8. Bloomington, Illinois, 1867 July
24. In full: "Dear Sir, It affords me pleasure to comply with your
request by subscribing myself. Most Truly Yours," From 1848 to 1862,
Davis (1815-1886) presided over the renowned Eighth Judicial Circuit in
Illinois, famous because Abraham Lincoln practiced in its courts. An intimate
of Lincoln (they often bunked together when traveling the circuit), Davis
successfully managed Lincoln's campaign to secure the Republican nomination for
the presidency in Chicago in 1860. Davis was appointed by President Lincoln as
an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States in 1862, serving
until he resigned in 1877 to become Senator from Illinois (1877-1883).
Multiple mailing folds. Toned at right edge. Corners lightly worn.
Otherwise, fine condition.
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