ASSOCIATE JUSTICE JOSEPH MCKENNA - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 10/27/1923 - HFSID 76206
Price: $280.00
JOSEPH McKENNA
Writing to Harold Phelps Stokes informing him he will be unable to
attend an event for Hon. Lloyd George
Typed Letter signed: "Joseph McKenna" as Associate
Justice, 1¼p, 5¾x7¾. Washington, 1923 October 27. To Harold Phelps
Stokes: "Received your note yesterday afternoon in regard to the invitation
to dinner to be given to the Hon. Lloyd George this evening. I did not receive
the invitation, and have not yet received it. However, a lady called me to the
telephone yesterday in regard to it and I requested her to thank the Overseas
Writers for the invitation and to say that unfortunately, I was unable to
accept. I now repeat the thanks for the compliment and the regret that I am
unable to avail myself of it, and its pleasure. Sincerely," McKENNA,
appointed by President McKinley, served on the Supreme Court from 1898-1925. His
correspondent, HAROLD PHELPS STOKES, was a reporter for the "New York
Post" from 1911-1923, the year of this letter. Stokes, who became secretary to
Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover in 1924, was interested in U.S. foreign
policy, particularly the Paris Peace Conference. DAVID LLOYD GEORGE, the
British Prime Minister from 1916-1922, was Great Britain's chief representative
at the Conference. Lightly creased. Staple holes at upper left blank corner.
Fine condition.
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