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Autographs/W: EDWARD D. WHITE, U.S. Senator; Associate Supreme Court Justice; Chief Justice. Typed

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Autographs/W: EDWARD D. WHITE, U.S. Senator; Associate Supreme Court Justice; Chief Justice.  Typed
EDWARD D. WHITE, U.S. Senator; Associate Supreme Court Justice; Chief Justice. Typed Letter Signed "E.D. White" as U.S. Senator, but written after his appointment to the Supreme Court by Cleveland, March 9, 1894, Washington, D.C., 10" x 8", Fine. Written to his cousin, Charles O'Donnell, regarding a controversy only he could handle and his new appointment. In part: "...The interests of our State were pending before the Finance Committee. All the threads of the controversy were in my hands. To give them up seemed to threaten ruin to the people who had sent me here....The new office to which I have been called is one of the greatest responsibility, and I must confess that I approach its duties with a solicitude the depths of which I can hardly describe. However, I have faith to believe that the grace will be given to perform the duties not unworthily if the endeavor to perform them is made with an honest and simple heart...." Folds; one edge chip; and light toning. Signed in black ink at lower right, with slight bleeding. In 1910, White would be selected by President Taft to become the first associate justice promoted to Chief Justice.