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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.
1. WILSON: One-sheet TLS on Wilson's personal Princeton, New Jersey letterhead, December 16, 1910, to Edward M. Chapman. Wilson thanks him for his "gracious and delightful letter," and concludes that it is "very delightful to be thus thought of by persons whose good opinion is worth having." 7in. x 6in. Condition: soiling at the top edge; two horizontal folds.  Together with: 2. CHAPMAN: One-sheet ALS, being a copy/draft of the letter written to Woodrow Wilson, on University Club, Boston letterhead, December 12, 1910. 9 3/4in. x 7 7/8in. Condition: center and horizontal folds, hole punches. 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.