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CLEVELAND, GROVER

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CLEVELAND, GROVER
(1837 - 1908) 22nd and 24th President of the United States, supported civil service and fiscal reform. A.L.S. "Grover Cleveland" 2pp. 8vo., Princeton, Oct. 22, 1906, to William Butler Duncan, in part: "....I have the printed account you sent me of the 'feast of season' connected with the last St. Andrews dinner, and I honestly feel that I have no place among those whose speakers have embellished such occasions in the past. Besides the...truth has of late has more and more forced itself upon me that I cannot rely upon myself as I want to do...I do not however feel willing to finally decline your invitation. May I accept it upon condition that I need not speak longer than ten minutes...". Boldly written and very good.