ASSOCIATE JUSTICE FRANK MURPHY - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED - HFSID 46987
Price: $300.00
FRANK MURPHY
Supreme Court Justice Frank Murphy's handwritten note on a copy of
Gettysburg Address, praising the speech
Autograph Note signed: "Frank Murphy", 1p, 6½x9. Beneath a
printed copy of Lincoln's Gettysburg address, Murphy has written: "You
do not write or speak in measurement of Lincoln's Gettisburg (sic)
address. You only think and feel the beat of your heart." Photograph of
Lincoln, b/w, 1x1½, printed beneath text. Frank Murphy (1890-1949), a former
Mayor of Detroit (1930-1933), Governor-General of the Philippine Islands
(1933-1936) and Governor of Michigan (1937-1938), became FDR's
Attorney General on January 2, 1939, serving until January 17, 1940. On
January 18, 1940, he was sworn in as Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court, serving until his death in 1949. As an Associate Justice, Murphy
wrote many of the Court's opinions concerning civil liberties, including
that for the 1940 Thornhill v. Alabama case, in which he clarified
labor's right to strike, holding that peaceful picketing was a manifestation of
freedom of speech. Lightly creased. Shaded at lower right blank margin, soiled
at left blank margin. Lower right blank corner chipped off. Overall, fine
condition.
Following offer submission users will be contacted at their account email address within 48 hours. Our response will be to accept your offer, decline your offer or send you a final counteroffer. All offers can be viewed from within the "Offer Review" area of your HistoryForSale account. Please review the Make Offer Terms prior to making an offer.
If you have not received an offer acceptance or counter-offer email within 24-hours please check your spam/junk email folder.
