JOHN W. GRIGGS - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 02/10/1898 - HFSID 291714

JOHN W. GRIGGS
As Attorney General, he declines an invitation to return to a Republican function in New York.
Typed Letter signed: "John W. Griggs" as Attorney General, 1 page, 7½x9¾. Washington, D.C., 1898 February 10. On official letterhead to Lucien L. Bonheur, President, the Republican Club, 28th Assembly District, New York. In full: "I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your invitation to attend the administration ball, to be given under the auspices of the Republican Club, 28th Assembly District of New York, on the evening of March 3rd. I regret exceedingly that my official duties here will prevent my going to New York on that occasion. It would give me pleasure to meet and mingle with the members of your Club, were it possible to do so. With best wishes for your success and for the success of those principles you represent, I am very sincerely yours". Griggs (1849-1927) served as Republican Governor of New Jersey (1895-1898) before being named U. S. Attorney General under President William McKinley (1898-1901). From 1901 to 1912, he was a Judge on the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague, Netherlands. Griggs was also a member of the New Jersey state house of assembly (1875) and state senate from Passaic County (1883-88), a member of the New York state assembly (1776-1877) and a New Jersey Delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1888. Multiple mailing folds. Toned around edges. Light ink smear (legible). Otherwise, fine condition.