PHILANDER C. KNOX - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 03/07/1909 - HFSID 291668
Price: $280.00
PHILANDER C. KNOX
Handwritten letter, tardily declining a luncheon invitation, signed
the month he became Secretary of State
Autograph Letter signed: "P C Knox", 2 pages (front and
verso), 4½x5¼. No place, 1909 March 7. To "My dear Mr. Walsh",
in full: "Your invitation to lunch with you at the Metropolitan
Club Saturday was just brought to my attention this morning for the reason that
when it was received it was put with a lot of other mail which I have just had
time to take up, owing to press of other matters. This will explain why you have
not heard from me before and I trust you will accept my apology. Thanking you
for the honor of the invitation which I regret I was unable to accept, I am Very
Sincerely Yours". Philander Chase Knox (1853-1921) served as
President William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt's Attorney General
(1901-1904) and as President William Howard Taft's Secretary of State
(1909-1913). As Secretary of State Knox, by background a corporate lawyer,
was closely identified with Taft's "Dollar Diplomacy" (promoting US
interests by promoting foreign investments of US corporations).He
represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate from 1904 to 1909 and from 1917
until his death on October 12, 1921. Mailing fold through center. Toned and
lightly creased. Edges and corners lightly toned. Minor ink smears (legible).
Otherwise, fine condition.
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