TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one onionskin page, 5.25 x 8, personal letterhead, July 12, 1908. Letter to Congressman Herbert Parsons of New York. In full: “I have your letter about the application of Colonel Hoff to be Surgeon-General. I don’t know exactly when the present Surgeon-General retires. I know that Hoff is a good man, and that he will probably have the support of Bell, who thinks well of him. The present Surgeon-General, however, is strongly in favor of Kean, who is Hoff’s junior, but who is a very fine executive officer and quite abreast of all progressive movements in the Department.” Light scattered creases and wrinkling, a paperclip impression to the upper border, and slight haloing to typed text, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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