JOHN R. McPHERSON - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 03/04/1887 - HFSID 34630
Sale Price $135.00
Reg. $160.00
JOHN R. MCPHERSON
Autograph Letter signed on US Senate letterhead (1887), writing to someone
inquiring about his name
Autograph Letter signed: "J R McPherson", 1 page, 5x7. Washington,
D.C., 1887 March 4. On US Senate letterhead to Chester S. Lard, Editor [no
address]. In full: "The middle letter in my name stands for nothing
except a designation in a community where there were many of my name less the R.
I have been called Rhoderic however but it has no place in my name properly.
Your obedient servant." John R. McPherson (1833-1897), formerly an alderman
in Jersey City, represented New Jersey in the US Senate (1877-1895). He chaired
the Committee on Naval Affairs when his Democratic Party was in the majority.
Fine condition.
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