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Benjamin Harrison ALS as President

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:400.00 USD Estimated At:800.00 - 1,000.00 USD
Benjamin Harrison ALS as President
<Our item number 135768><B>Harrison, Benjamin.</B> &#40;1833-1901&#41; 23rd President of the United States &#40;1889-93&#41;. Autograph letter signed as President, on letterhead engraved &#34;Executive Mansion, Washington.,&#34; 2pp on conjoined sheets, 7 x 4½ in., 11 Oct. 1892. During Harrison&#39;s campaign for reelection and less than a month before the election, he writes to his son Russell, regarding the health of the First Lady, Caroline Scott Harrison, and Harrison&#39;s unwillingness to travel to New York or Chicago: &#34;…I could never forgive myself if she should need me in my absence, and much more if any unfortunate event should happen….if I should go to New York and not to Chicago, there might be some feeling….&#34; Mrs. Harrison died two weeks later, on 25 October, and Harrison lost the election to Grover Cleveland. Fine. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;800 - 1,000. <I><BR>Purchased from the late autograph dealer, Doris Harris, in 1974.</I> <BR><BR>Our item number 135768<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CEN TER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/49jpegs/135768.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>