CHIEF JUSTICE MORRISON R. WAITE - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED - HFSID 327890
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MORRISON R. WAITE
Morrison R. Waite sends a letter to Francis Miller inviting him to a
meeting with the Gale Alumni Association.
Autograph Letter Signed: "M. R. Waite," 1p, 5x8. Washington,
D.C., January 9, 1875. To Francis Miller, in full: "My Dear Sir, I
hope to have the pleasure of accepting & awaiting myself of the divination
of Dr. Palmer to meet the members of the Gale Alumni association at this house
on the evening of Wednesday the 13th. Yrs. Very truly." Morrison Remick
Waite (1816-1888), an Ohio legislator (state House of Representatives,
1850) and founder of the Republican Party, gained prominence as a U.S.
representative on the Geneva Arbitration Panel, resolving claims against Britain
arising from the Civil War.Appointed Chief Justice of the U.S.
Supreme Court by President Ulysses S. Grant in 1873, he served until his
death. Waite, who generally supported broad regulatory powers of state
governments and strict interpretation of the Reconstruction Era civil rights
legislation, wrote the decision upholding criminalization of polygamy in
Utah. Creased and toned. Corners toned. Pencil notes (unknown hand) at lower
margin. Otherwise, fine condition.
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