PRESIDENT WILLIAM H. TAFT - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 08/16/1920 - HFSID 4798
WILLIAM H. TAFT Nine months before his appointment as Chief Justice, Taft informs former Congressman Charles Washburn that he cannot yet give "full consideration" to Washburn's inquiry. Typed Letter Signed: "Wm H. Taft", 1p, 7¾x10½. On his New Haven stationery, 1920 August 16.
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WILLIAM H. TAFT
Nine months before his appointment as Chief Justice, Taft informs former Congressman Charles Washburn that he cannot yet give "full consideration" to Washburn's inquiry.
Typed Letter Signed: "Wm H. Taft", 1p, 7¾x10½. On his New Haven stationery, 1920 August 16. To former Congressman Charles G. Washburn, Worcester, Mass. In full: "I have yours of August 6th. My secretary has been away from me all summer at the sick bed of his wife and I have been very much hampered in my writing and correspondence. Here I am not able to give the subject upon which you make inquiry full consideration and you must wait until I get back to New Haven, which will be after the 15th of October." Republican Charles G. Washburn (1857-1928) represented Massachusetts in Congress from 1905-1911. Taft spent his summers at Pointe-au-Pic, Quebec, so this letter most probably was written from Canada. Nine months later, President Harding appointed Taft, a fellow Ohioan, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Lightly creased. Folds, vertical fold touches "f" in Taft.
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