ASSOCIATE JUSTICE WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 09/21/1969 - HFSID 44081
Sale Price $395.00
Reg. $475.00
WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS
The justice sends an autograph letter inquiring about the price of a new generator
Autograph Letter signed: "Bill" in blue ink, 1p, 7¼x10½. On his personal letterhead. Goose
Prairie, Washington, 1969 September 21. To "Dear Damon" [Trout]. In full: "It's doubtful
I'll get down to Portland. We are doing a lot of work on the home & I have to what here to watch
the carpenter. I've even been having a lot of trouble with the generator. What would a new
Kohler 16 KW - wither diesel of propane gas - cost? Best ever." Accompanied by envelope
addressed in signer's hand to "Damon Trout, Esq/Cornelius/Oregon". Postmarked
Gooseprairie, Washington, August 30, 1968. William Orville Douglas (1898-1980) served
as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission from 1937 to 1939, during which
time President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed him Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court to succeed Louis D. Brandeis. Justice Douglas's service on the Court totaled 36
years and seven months, longer than any other justice up until that point. He retired in
November 1975 and died five years later at the age of 81. He was strongly libertarian in his
opinions, distrustful of establishments of all types, and considered himself a voice for the
voiceless and powerless. His book, An Almanac of Liberty, was published in 1954. Fine
condition.
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