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William H. Taft

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William H. Taft

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Auction Date:2010 Jun 16 @ 10:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Bid online at www.rrauction.com. Auction closes June 16.

Vintage matte-finish 9.75 x 14 Harris and Ewing photo, signed and inscribed “For my dear friend General E. H. Crowder–whom I first came to know as Military Secretary of the Military Governor of the Philippines Government and whose abilities and great usefulness I came to know and admire for many years. I think the people of the United States are as much indebted to General Crowder as to any one man for our success in the Great War and our organization of our great army. He has not been properly rewarded. Wm. H. Taft, Dec. 6th, 1927.” In very good condition, with scattered toning and soiling to lower border, some light silvering to edges of image, and a few light edge creases. Crowder is most noted for implementing and administering the United States Selective Service Act of 1917—the universal military draft—during World War I, an act which drafted hundreds of thousands of American men into military service during World War I.