BEN FARRAR - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 11/09/1876 - HFSID 9001962
Price: $180.00
BEN FARRAR
The lawyer represents his client in this signed handwritten letter to military
officer Winfield Scott Hancock
Autograph Letter Signed: “Ben Farrar” in ink. 5x8. Dated November 9, 1876.
This letter was sent to Winfield S. Hancock in New York City, New York. In
Full: “The holder of the first mortgage directs me to say that he will lend on the 3
pieces of property $2500 at 8 percent if the titles are all satisfactory. He has been
long coming to this decision as he seems unwilling to lend more above the original
$28000. If this is satisfactory please give the necessary directions to your agents here,
and I will proceed to prepare the papers + get ready to close.”Winfield Scott
Hancock (1824-1886) was a highly successful Union general during the Civil
War and a hero of the Battle of Gettysburg (1863). He became the
Democratic Party's candidate for President in 1880, losing narrowly to James
A. Garfield by a margin of fewer than 40,000 votes out of 9 million cast
(Electoral College vote was 214-155). Hancock had impeccable Unionist
credentials but was a strong advocate of states' rights, and was considered for the
Party's Presidential nominations of 1868, 1872 and 1876 before securing it in
1880. Ben Farrar negotiates a loan agreement via mail in this letter. Merits
further research. Mailing creases. Tone marks on verso. Otherwise, fine
condition.
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