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EDWARD D. WHITE

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EDWARD D. WHITE

<b>303. EDWARD D. WHITE</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>white seeks to avoid conflict of interest</h3>(1845-1921). American jurist who served in the Confederate army and went on to serve as US Senator and later Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1910-21). TLS “<i>E.D. White</i>,” 1p, 4to, Washington, Mar 9, 1894. On Senate letterhead to his cousin Charles O’Donnell Lee in Baltimore. The newly appointed Supreme Court justice writes in part, “<i>I did not answer your kind note...because I had gotten into a state of doubt as to what I ought to do about the matter. 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. Hence, I resolved to continue where I was until the struggle before the Committee was terminated. During this period I thought it best to be silent...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.‘As thy burden is so shall thy strength be’ is the source upon which I rely</i>...” Boldly signed. Light general toning; minor feathering of ink; insignificant chip at right edge; o/w VG.

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