NOT SOLD (BIDDING OVER)
0.00USD+ applicable fees & taxes.
This item WAS NOT SOLD. Auction date was 2011 Dec 06 @ 17:00UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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William Taft typed letter boldly signed on Supreme Court stationery, dated 28 December 1923 when Taft served as Chief Justice. Taft responds to Edward W. Bok, former editor of the ''Ladies Home Journal,'' who at this time was garnering support for his National Peace Award, to which Taft's letter refers. In part, ''…I should like very much to lend aid in every way possible to the cause of the plan, but the matter is of such a political nature now that I think I must ask you not to make the publication. I am the head of a Court with eight other members, and everything that is said against me they feel recoils on them, and they deprecate much my being made the target for political discussion or of personal abuse, of which I have had to undergo some notable instances during the last year. For that reason, as I feel that my first duty is to the Court, loyalty to it requires me to ask you not to make the publication. The plan is bound to be made the occasion for a sharp attack, and the sharper the attack, the better so far as you are concerned for the publicity that it will give; but in a sharp attack, personalities are sure to play a part, and I am sorry to say that the Chief Justice of the United States is a shining mark for such personalities. I am convinced that when you think it over, you will see the wisdom of my decision. I don't like to have my mouth shut, I don't like to be thought lacking in moral courage, but when I came upon this Court I had to give up a freedom of expression that I used to cultivate in the eight years of my unofficial life between 1913 and 1921...'' signed ''Wm. H Taft''. 8'' x 10.5'' letter is in near fine condition.
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11901 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, California, 90025, United States
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Taxes:
| Tax | Rate | Desc. |
| stx |
9.75% |
sales tax |
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| From (Incl.) | To (Excl.) | Premium |
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Infinite |
20% |
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