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WILSON, WOODROW. 1856-1924.

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 500.00 USD
WILSON, WOODROW. 1856-1924.
One-sheet TLS, on White House stationery, with franked/stamped envelope, August 15, 1914. The letter is a personal thanks for the condolences sent by Edward M. Chapman, following the death of Wilson's first wife, Ellen Axson Wilson. He writes that it was "delightful to feel the warm touch of a friend's hand at such a time..." 8 3/4in. x 13 7/8in. sheet folded vertically and horizontally. Condition: Good; the type has become blue shadowed/blurred; envelope with light soiling. PLEASE NOTE: 20TH CENTURY DOCUMENTS CAN HAVE VARIED TONING FROM AGE; IMAGES MAY APPEAR LIGHTER ON DIFFERENT SCREENS. EDWARD MORTIMER CHAPMAN (1862-1952) was a Connecticut pastor, academic, and author. He graduated from Yale Divinity School in 1890. Chapman was a descendant of Robert Chapman, one of the first settlers of Saybrook, Connecticut (c. 1635), and he was a chronicler of his family and the area€™s history. He served as pastor of Old Lyme Church from 1906 to 1915. Chapman had a personal acquaintance with Woodrow Wilson, both before and during his U.S. presidency, through the church and time spent in Lyme, Connecticut. This lot and the other Chapman-related documents offered in this sale were part of a collection of his family papers.