CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 02/16/1909 - HFSID 55573
Sale Price $195.00
Reg. $240.00
CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW
Brief letter on his US Senate stationery
Typed Letter signed: "Chauncey M. Depew", 1 page, 8x10½.
Washington, D.C., 1909 February 16. On US Senate letterhead to Jules
Guthridge, Second Vice President, Telepost, New York City. In full: "I
am in receipt of your letter of February 15th, and take pleasure in complying
with your request. Yours very truly". Chauncey Mitchell Depew
(1834-1928) was an attorney for the Vanderbilt railroad interests and
President (1885-1899) and Chairman of the Board (1899-1928) of the New York
Central Railroad. He was elected New York's Secretary of State on the Union
Ticket in 1864, and received 99 votes for the Presidential nomination at the
1888 Republican National Convention. He declined an offer from President
Benjamin Harrison to serve as Secretary of State. From 1899-1911, he served
as U.S. Senator from New York. Normal mailing folds. Paper and adhesive
residue (previous mounting) on lower front margin and on verso - light show
through. Normal mailing fold creases. Adhesive and paper residue on front and
verso. Stained and toned.
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