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William Jennings Bryan

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William Jennings Bryan

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Auction Date:2012 Aug 15 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : 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
American politician (1860–1925), three-time presidential candidate, secretary of state under Woodrow Wilson, and one of the attorneys in the 1925 Scopes Trial. ALS signed “W. J. Bryan,” one page both sides, 8.25 x 11, Villa Serena letterhead, March 16. Letter to Reverend Francis Smith regarding a past lecture. In part: “I am greatly encouraged by your generous commendation of my address on Darwinism. I will send you some copies—if you run out let me know…I shall be in the State of New York…I think I will take as my subject ‘Building on the Rock’ if that will suit you. I shall deal with the fundamentals of our faith. God. The Bible of Christ.” In very good condition, with intersecting folds, one through a single letter of signature, scattered toning and soiling, pencil notation to top, and light show-through from writing on reverse.