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William Howart Taft

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William Howart Taft

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Auction Date:2014 Oct 24 @ 20:00 (UTC-04:00 : AST/EDT)
Location:4000 Ponce DeLeon Blvd. Suite #470, Coral Gables, Florida, 33146, United States
TLS signed •Wm. H. Taft," two pages, 8 x 10.5, personal letterhead, May 6, 1920. Letter to newspaper correspondent Gus Karger. In part:
"Thank you for sending me Knox's joint resolution ... Knox's legal positions have become quite unstable and unsound since he got into this treaty discussion. I don't regard anything he says of any particular moment now, from a legal and judicial standpoint. The theory that you can make peace by repealing a declaration of war is about as absurd as anything I know. The declaration of war leads to war, and that produces a status. The only way of ending that status is by agreement between the parties carrying on the war." A carbon copy of Karger's three-page response is attached with a paperclip. Intersecting folds, toning, and stains and rusty paperclips to upper left corner, otherwise fine condition.